This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Monday, May 11, 2026 (57 Down) and the NYT Crossword on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (58 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Monday puzzles are the easiest of the week, so the clue is likely a plain definition.
NYT Crossword, May 11, 2026, 57 Down
Answer length: 3 squares
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O _ _
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About the answer
ODE as a word: A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropri...; (slang) An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.
ODE has been an answer 23 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 20, 2025.
NYT Crossword, January 27, 2026, 58 Across
Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
O _ _
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Other clues with the same answer
- Keats wrote one to a nightingale
- Flattering lines?
- Complimentary lines
- Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"
- Poetic tribute
- Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
- Ben Jonson wrote one to himself
- Laudatory verse
- What has flatter feet?
- Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g.
- Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero"
- Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt
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