Grinding tooth

Latest answer — January 07, 2025

2 Down

This broad back tooth is built for crushing food. 🦷

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This clue's Tuesday, January 07, 2025 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Man in Business Suit Levitating, for one
  2. 6Took a nap
  3. 7Flying solo
  4. 8Graphic novel style for "One Piece," the best-selling of its kind
  5. 9Genuine

Down

  1. 1Dutch cheese that's "made backward," per a joke
  2. 2Grinding tooth
  3. 3Gas made of three oxygen atoms
  4. 4Game that might end if you accidentally bump the table
  5. 5Like the best-case scenario

The answer to “Grinding tooth” in the New York Times Mini crossword is MOLAR — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 7, 2025 at 2-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.

“Grinding tooth” answer

MOLAR (5 letters)

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Why the answer is MOLAR

This broad back tooth is built for crushing food. 🦷

What does MOLAR mean?

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

(noun)

  • a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal's mouth

When else has “Grinding tooth” 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 7, 2025 (most recent) → MOLAR. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Grinding tooth”?

The answer is MOLAR, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 7, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Grinding tooth”?

5 letters: MOLAR.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 7, 2025, at 2-Down.

Can “Grinding tooth” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Mini 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 today's NYT Mini answers?

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