This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, July 12, 2026 (15 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
O _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ O
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OREO as a word: (foods) A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme f...; (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor.
OREO has been an answer 20 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 23, 2025.
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