This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, August 13, 2026 (65 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: 3 squares
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CNN as a word: Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel; (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network. [(machine learning) A neural network in which the connectivity pattern between its neurons is ....
CNN has been an answer 7 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 19, 2025.
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