This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, October 22, 2026 (45 Across) and the NYT Crossword on Saturday, December 13, 2025 (30 Across). 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.
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NYT Crossword, October 22, 2026, 45 Across
Answer length: 9 squares
First letter
H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S
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HOMEROOMS as a word: (US) A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content; (US) The collection of pupils who gather in such a room.
HOMEROOMS has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
NYT Crossword, December 13, 2025, 30 Across
Answer length: 7 squares
First letter
H _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
H _ _ _ _ _ S
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About the answer
HOAGIES as a word: (US, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic US) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich; (Scotland, chiefly Central Belt) A tortilla or chapati wrap filled with meat (usually doner kebab meat; seasoned lamb or mutton), chips and cheese.
HOAGIES 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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