This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, October 3, 2026 (17 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
Answer length: 10 squares
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SUBLIMATES
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SUBLIMATES as a word: (transitive) (by extension) (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner...; (transitive) (by extension) (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
SUBLIMATES 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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