This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, June 27, 2026 (21 Across and 37 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.
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"Abbr." or "for short" means the answer is itself an abbreviation or a shortened form.
NYT Crossword, June 27, 2026, 21 Across
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
R _ _
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RTE as a word: Alternative form of RTÉ (“Raidió Telefís Éireann”, literally “Irish Television and Radio”).
RTE has been an answer 7 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 8, 2025.
NYT Crossword, June 27, 2026, 37 Across
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
E _ _
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ETA as a word: The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek; (particle physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
ETA has been an answer 25 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 29, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
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- GPS suggestion: Abbr.
- This is the way: Abbr.
- Delivery person's assignment: Abbr.
- Hwy.
- "when r u coming?"
- Important info to have while you're waiting in a cellphone lot, for short
- O'Hare posting, for short
- Short for "info flight"
- Greek letter representing elasticity in economics
- LAX posting
- When U R due
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- Castaway's place, perhaps (19 Across)
- Alternative to Word (20 Across)
- Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g. (22 Across)
- Word repeated in a fit of disbelief (24 Across)
- "That way ..." (25 Across)
- He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour" (28 Across)
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