Not drinking any alcohol

The answer to “Not drinking any alcohol” in the New York Times Mini crossword is SOBER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 18, 2025 at 9-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.

“Not drinking any alcohol” answer

SOBER (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SOBER

SOBER is the 5-letter solution that fits "Not drinking any alcohol" in the NYT Mini crossword on January 18, 2025 (9-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SOBER mean?

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

When else has “Not drinking any alcohol” 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 18, 2025 (most recent) → SOBER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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