Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"

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  1. 1Instrument in bluegrass music
  2. 6Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"
  3. 7Cut-off point for cropped jeans
  4. 8Hilarious person
  5. 9Place to hibernate

Down

  1. 1"Tens across the ___!"
  2. 21982 film in which Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan
  3. 3Japanese camera brand
  4. 4Sudden shock
  5. 5Final number in a countdown

The answer to “Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"” in the New York Times Mini crossword is ONION — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 25, 2026 at 6-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.

“Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"” answer

ONION (5 letters)

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Why the answer is ONION

ONION is the 5-letter solution that fits "Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"" in the NYT Mini crossword on March 25, 2026 (6-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ONION mean?

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

(noun)

  • a swollen edible bulb used as a vegetable, having a pungent taste and smell and composed of several concentric layers
  • the plant that produces the onion, with long rolled or straplike leaves and spherical heads of greenish-white flowers

When else has “Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"” 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.

March 25, 2026 (most recent) → ONION. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"”?

The answer is ONION, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 25, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"”?

5 letters: ONION.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 25, 2026, at 6-Across.

Can “Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The"” 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.

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