This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, June 4, 2026 (52 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
Answer length: 3 squares
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CLI as a word: (computing) Initialism of command line interface. [(computing) A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead o...; (computing) Initialism of command-line interpreter. [(computing) A computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the con....
CLI has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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