"Better ___ than never!"

The answer to “"Better ___ than never!"” in the New York Times Midi crossword is LATE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on March 21, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 31-Down. 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.

“"Better ___ than never!"” answer

LATE (4 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 LATE.

Why the answer is LATE

This saying says arriving behind schedule is still preferable to not arriving at all. 😉

What does LATE mean?

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

When else has “"Better ___ than never!"” appeared?

New York Times Midi 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.

March 21, 2026 (most recent) → LATE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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