This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (13 Down). 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.
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
V _ _ _ _
First and last letters
V _ _ _ L
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About the answer
VOWEL as a word: (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable; (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).
VOWEL 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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