This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, May 9, 2026 (30 Across) and the NYT Crossword on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (116 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
NYT Crossword, May 9, 2026, 30 Across
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
B _ _ _
First and last letters
B _ _ E
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BYTE as a word: (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values; (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
BYTE has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since January 4, 2026.
NYT Crossword, March 8, 2026, 116 Across
Answer length: 7 squares
First letter
M _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
M _ _ _ _ _ T
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MEGABIT as a word: (computing) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes); (computing, informal) one megabit per second.
MEGABIT 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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