"Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly"?

The answer to “"Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly"?” in the New York Times Midi crossword is CROWBARS — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on March 12, 2026 at 15-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.

“"Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly"?” answer

CROWBARS (8 letters)

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Why the answer is CROWBARS

CROWBARS is the 8-letter solution that fits ""Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly"?" in the NYT Midi crossword on March 12, 2026 (15-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CROWBARS mean?

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

When else has “"Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly"?” 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 12, 2026 (most recent) → CROWBARS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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