This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Friday, October 16, 2026 (32 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Friday puzzles are themeless and hard, with clues that are vague on purpose.
Answer length: 3 squares
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D _ _
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DNA as a word: (informal, loosely) The part of a living thing that carries genetic information; (figuratively) The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate and/or immutable.
DNA has been an answer 15 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since November 14, 2025.
Other clues with the same answer
- Part of what makes you you
- Letters from your folks?
- Genome component
- Little bit of life?
- "Blueprint" for life
- Stuff with strands
- Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class
- Bit of forensic evidence
- Molecule containing adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine
- The stuff of life
- Cellular data plan?
- Double-helix molecule
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