This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, October 29, 2026 (19 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
Answer length: 6 squares
First letter
W _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
W _ _ _ _ W
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WINNOW as a word: (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as gr...; (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
WINNOW has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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