This clue appeared in the Mini Crossword on Saturday, April 25, 2026 (13 Across) and the Mini Crossword on Monday, January 12, 2026 (1 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it.
Mini Crossword, April 25, 2026, 13 Across
Answer length: 4 squares
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A _ _ _
First and last letters
A _ _ E
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About the answer
ACRE as a word: An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86...; Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
ACRE has been an answer 20 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 11, 2025.
Mini Crossword, January 12, 2026, 1 Across
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
A _ _ _
First and last letters
A _ _ E
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Other clues with the same answer
- A lot of lot
- About 75% of a football field
- Farmland measure
- Cornfield measure
- Part of a plot, at times
- Brazilian state whose name is a unit of measurement
- 4,840 square yards
- It might be a lot
- Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day
- It's a lot!
- Farmland area unit
- One of a hundred for Pooh and friends
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