This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (42 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Wednesday sits mid-week in difficulty, with more wordplay than Monday or Tuesday.
Answer length: 3 squares
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CNN as a word: Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel; (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network. [(machine learning) A neural network in which the connectivity pattern between its neurons is ....
CNN has been an answer 7 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 19, 2025.
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