This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 (14 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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OREO as a word: (foods) A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme f...; (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor.
OREO has been an answer 20 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 23, 2025.
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