This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, November 13, 2025 (45 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: 5 squares
First letter
B _ _ _ _
First and last letters
B _ _ _ T
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About the answer
BESET as a word: (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides; (transitive) To surround or hem in.
BESET 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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