"Giant" fruit in a Roald Dahl novel

The answer to “"Giant" fruit in a Roald Dahl novel” in the New York Times Mini crossword is PEACH — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 19, 2026 at 5-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.

“"Giant" fruit in a Roald Dahl novel” answer

PEACH (5 letters)

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Why the answer is PEACH

PEACH is the 5-letter solution that fits ""Giant" fruit in a Roald Dahl novel" in the NYT Mini crossword on January 19, 2026 (5-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does PEACH mean?

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

When else has “"Giant" fruit in a Roald Dahl novel” appeared?

New York Times Mini 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.

January 19, 2026 (most recent) → PEACH. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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