This clue appeared in the Mini Crossword on Friday, October 9, 2026 (9 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it.
Answer length: 3 squares
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O _ _
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ODE as a word: A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropri...; (slang) An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.
ODE has been an answer 22 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 20, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- Flattering lines?
- Complimentary lines
- Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"
- Poetic tribute
- Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
- Ben Jonson wrote one to himself
- Laudatory verse
- What has flatter feet?
- Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g.
- Poem of praise
- Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero"
- Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt
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- Sound preceding "Gesundheit!" (1 Down)
- Basis for croutons (2 Down)
- Stop (3 Down)
- Name found in "nefarious" (5 Down)
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