Young fellow

The answer to “Young fellow” in the New York Times Midi crossword is LAD — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on September 16, 2026 at 26-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.

“Young fellow” answer

LAD (3 letters)

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What does LAD mean?

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

When else has “Young fellow” 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 16, 2026 (most recent) → LAD. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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