This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (40 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Wednesday sits mid-week in difficulty, with more wordplay than Monday or Tuesday.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
O _ _ _
First and last letters
O _ _ O
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OHIO as a word: A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus; A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia,....
OHIO has been an answer 11 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 8, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- "The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson
- Only state with a nonrectangular flag
- State along a river of the same name
- Red state
- Home of Columbus
- Home of Xenia, the U.S.'s largest city whose name starts with "X"
- Birthplace of seven U.S. presidents
- River past Cincinnati
- Dayton's state
- Where the Bengals and Buckeyes play
More clues from this puzzle
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- Plow puller of old (35 Across)
- "Verb," ironically (37 Across)
- Part of a black suit (39 Across)
- Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning (41 Across)
- Barely made (out) (43 Across)
- Chat, informally (44 Across)
- Old-timey "Listen!" (46 Across)
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