This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Monday, December 29, 2025 (23 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Monday puzzles are the easiest of the week, so the clue is likely a plain definition.
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A clue in quotation marks is something a person might say. Look for another way of saying it, or the reply it suggests.
Answer length: 5 squares
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S _ _ _ _
First and last letters
S _ _ _ E
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SHAME as a word: An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have bee...; Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
SHAME has been an answer 2 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since December 29, 2025.
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