This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, September 26, 2026 (10 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: 7 squares
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AVERAGE as a word: (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode; (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
AVERAGE has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since July 11, 2026.
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