This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, July 4, 2026 (24 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: 6 squares
First letter
S _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
S _ _ _ _ A
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SCHEMA as a word: (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other...; (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
SCHEMA 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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