This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, October 31, 2026 (7 Down). 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: 5 squares
First letter
T _ _ _ _
First and last letters
T _ _ _ E
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TILDE as a word: A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle...; The character encoded as decimal 126 in the 1967 ASCII character set, and later in the 1992 Unicode character set.
TILDE has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since January 30, 2026.
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