Body parts touched after the knees, in a nursery song

The answer to “Body parts touched after the knees, in a nursery song” in the New York Times Midi crossword is TOES — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on September 17, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Body parts touched after the knees, in a nursery song” answer

TOES (4 letters)

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What does TOES mean?

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

When else has “Body parts touched after the knees, in a nursery song” 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.

September 17, 2026 (most recent) → TOES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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