This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, January 18, 2026 (42 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.
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Answer length: 3 squares
First letter
O _ _
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About the answer
ONO as a word: (Hawaii, slang) good-tasting, delicious; (Hawaii) Synonym of wahoo (“type of fish”).
ONO has been an answer 18 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 17, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- Music artist on the 2012 album "Yokokimthurston"
- Musical Yoko
- Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name
- Yoko who participated in a bed-in
- Middle name shared by Sean and John Lennon
- 1969 "bed-in" participant
- The Yoko of "Dear Yoko"
- Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels
- Lennon's mate … and onetime bandmate
- "Mrs. Lennon" writer
- Musician Yoko
- Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman"
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