Something clicked on a desktop

Latest answer — July 30, 2026

30 Down

A tiny picture on your screen that opens things with a click 🖱️

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NYT Midi Crossword

This clue's Thursday, July 30, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Recycling ___
  2. 4To a large extent
  3. 10Game with Skip cards
  4. 11"I wouldn't do that if I were you"
  5. 12Not yet known, in brief
  6. 13Like a perfect paradise
  7. 14Optimal course of action
  8. 16When repeated, an expression of disapproval
  9. 17Salt Lake City's state
  10. 18Awakens
  11. 20"Bye-bye!," to a Brit
  12. 21Pan for stir-frying
  13. 222026 market event for SpaceX, for short
  14. 24___ piece of work
  15. 28Clothing fitter
  16. 31"Oh! I almost forgot ..."
  17. 32Take off the market, as a defective car
  18. 33Wading bird with a curved beak
  19. 34Removed wrinkles from
  20. 35Intersection point
  21. 36Places for bullfrogs
  22. 37Female sheep

Down

  1. 1Repetitive protest from a child
  2. 2Still being tested, as software
  3. 3Acknowledges nonverbally
  4. 41995 post-apocalyptic film in which Kevin Costner plays the Mariner ... or an alternative title for this puzzle?
  5. 5"Same!"
  6. 6Salsa or guacamole
  7. 7Revises, as an article
  8. 8A new ___ on life
  9. 9Baseball players in the Bronx, informally
  10. 11Fella
  11. 15Nation with a type of precipitation in its name
  12. 19Nation with a type of precipitation in its name
  13. 23Extreme points in the Arctic and Antarctic
  14. 25Arm joint
  15. 26Detour in a conversation
  16. 27Suffers defeat
  17. 28Stumble
  18. 29Prefix with dynamics
  19. 30Something clicked on a desktop

The answer to “Something clicked on a desktop” in the New York Times Midi crossword is ICON — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on July 30, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 30-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.

“Something clicked on a desktop” answer

ICON (4 letters)

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Why the answer is ICON

A tiny picture on your screen that opens things with a click 🖱️

What does ICON mean?

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

(noun)

  • a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically executed on wood and used ceremonially in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches
  • a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration
  • a symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window

When else has “Something clicked on a desktop” 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.

July 30, 2026 (most recent) → ICON. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Something clicked on a desktop”?

The answer is ICON, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on July 30, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Something clicked on a desktop”?

4 letters: ICON.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on July 30, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 30-Down.

Can “Something clicked on a desktop” 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 July 30, 2026 is on the NYT Midi answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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