This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, April 19, 2026 (56 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Answer length: 3 squares
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OED as a word: (linguistics) Initialism of Oxford English Dictionary.
OED has been an answer 7 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 6, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- It took more than 70 yrs. to complete its first edition
- Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years
- Grand project begun by the London Philological Society, in brief
- Ref. work with over 600,000 words
- Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short
- Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart
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