Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"

The answer to “Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"” in the LA Times crossword is BLACKJACK — a 9-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 13, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 18-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"” answer

BLACKJACK (9 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is BLACKJACK.

What does BLACKJACK mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of BLACKJACK is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"” appeared?

LA Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 13, 2026 (most recent) → BLACKJACK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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