This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, December 20, 2025 (8 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: 4 squares
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M _ _ _
First and last letters
M _ _ H
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MOTH as a word: Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflie...; (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
MOTH has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 20, 2025.
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