This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, December 25, 2025 (51 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: 8 squares
First letter
L _ _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
L _ _ _ _ _ _ G
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LAUGHING as a word: (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of...; An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
LAUGHING 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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