This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, July 25, 2026 (45 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.
Answer length: 4 squares
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APPT as a word: Abbreviation of appointment. [The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust]; Abbreviation of appoint. [(transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agre....
APPT has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since February 22, 2026.
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