This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, October 22, 2026 (7 Down). 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: 7 squares
First letter
T _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
T _ _ _ _ _ S
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TASSELS as a word: A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dan...; (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
TASSELS 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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