This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, October 18, 2026 (109 Down). 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: 4 squares
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A _ _ _
First and last letters
A _ _ A
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ASIA as a word: The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean; A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
ASIA has been an answer 17 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 24, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- It's west of the Bering Strait
- Home to a majority of people
- ___ Minor
- Where Mongolia is
- Marco Polo made his way across it
- Where Uzbeks and Uyghurs live
- Spanner of 11 time zones
- Area east of the Urals
- It has Earth's highest and lowest points
- Silk Road locale, largely
- Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong
- One side of the Bering Strait
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