Horse rider's strap

Latest answer — April 04, 2026

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This piece of tack lets a rider guide and control the horse. 🐴

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Across

  1. 1"OMG, stop oversharing!"
  2. 4Rough, as sandpaper
  3. 10Place to do laps
  4. 11Become less harsh
  5. 12Ants?
  6. 14Pre-glow-up persona, with "the"
  7. 15"One Battle After Another" star, familiarly
  8. 16Rita ___, co-star in the "Fifty Shades" movies
  9. 18Horse rider's strap
  10. 19Bees?
  11. 22Youngest-ever FIFA World Cup winner (17 years, 249 days)
  12. 23Useful connections
  13. 24"___ rise" (court order)
  14. 25Santa ___, Calif.
  15. 26Someone posing for pictures on the red carpet, for short
  16. 29Spiders?
  17. 32Move under the cover of darkness, perhaps
  18. 33Ethereal presences
  19. 34Places to get $10s and $20s, for short
  20. 35Ingredient needed for kombucha fermentation

Down

  1. 1Work like a dog
  2. 2Growth in old yogurt
  3. 3"Let me get out of your way"
  4. 4Company's head, in brief
  5. 5Rowboat stick
  6. 6"___ and ye shall receive"
  7. 7Brought (in), as a big fish
  8. 8"You're totally right about that!"
  9. 9Big name in printing
  10. 10Vietnamese comfort food
  11. 13"Now, where ___ we?"
  12. 17Kind of protein-building acid
  13. 18I.C.U. workers, for short
  14. 19Gold rush city that became Montana's capital
  15. 20"Uh-huh, suuuure you did"
  16. 21Kind of
  17. 22Furry feet
  18. 25Ships like Noah's
  19. 26Fashion icon Wang
  20. 27Some savings accounts, for short
  21. 28[Hey, over here!]
  22. 30"Pow!"
  23. 31Take to court

The answer to “Horse rider's strap” in the New York Times Midi crossword is REIN — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 4, 2026, a Saturday 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.

“Horse rider's strap” answer

REIN (4 letters)

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Why the answer is REIN

This piece of tack lets a rider guide and control the horse. 🐴

What does REIN mean?

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

(noun)

  • a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving

When else has “Horse rider's strap” 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.

April 4, 2026 (most recent) → REIN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Horse rider's strap”?

The answer is REIN, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 4, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Horse rider's strap”?

4 letters: REIN.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on April 4, 2026 (a Saturday puzzle), at 18-Across.

Can “Horse rider's strap” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Midi sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Midi answers?

The full grid for April 4, 2026 is on the NYT Midi answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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