This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, August 1, 2026 (44 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.
Answer length: 3 squares
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HRT as a word: (medicine) Initialism of hormone replacement therapy. [(medicine, especially serotherapy) Any of several medical regimens that introduce sex hormones to the ...; (linguistics) Initialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
HRT has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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