"___ the night before Christmas ..."

The answer to “"___ the night before Christmas ..."” in the New York Times Midi crossword is TWAS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on May 11, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 16-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.

“"___ the night before Christmas ..."” answer

TWAS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is TWAS

TWAS is the 4-letter solution that fits ""___ the night before Christmas ..."" in the NYT Midi crossword on May 11, 2026 (16-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TWAS mean?

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

When else has “"___ the night before Christmas ..."” 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.

May 11, 2026 (most recent) → TWAS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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