This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, September 17, 2026 (63 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
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This is a fill-in-the-blank clue: the answer completes the phrase, title or quotation.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
H _ _ _
First and last letters
H _ _ E
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About the answer
HOPE as a word: To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]; (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
HOPE has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 25, 2025.
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