Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"

The answer to “Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"” in the New York Times Mini crossword is ZOO — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on December 12, 2025 at 4-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.

“Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"” answer

ZOO (3 letters)

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Why the answer is ZOO

ZOO is the 3-letter solution that fits "Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"" in the NYT Mini crossword on December 12, 2025 (4-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ZOO mean?

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

When else has “Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"” 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.

December 12, 2025 (most recent) → ZOO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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