This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 11, 2025 (23 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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Answer length: 3 squares
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ECO as a word: A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States; Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive. [Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.].
ECO has been an answer 16 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since October 27, 2025.
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