Aiming mechanisms on bows

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  1. 1"How telling"
  2. 13Rued remark?
  3. 14Question to one who's down
  4. 15There's a Black, White and Red one
  5. 16"Such a blast!"
  6. 17Buff bros
  7. 18Maintained, as a position
  8. 20Part of E.S.T.: Abbr.
  9. 21Downed
  10. 22They have sticking points in competition
  11. 24Some gaming centers, in brief
  12. 25"Darn it!"
  13. 28Arboreal symbol in Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
  14. 32Fulfill ... or fill
  15. 33Give a very wide berth
  16. 35Heading in a wine list
  17. 36A significant accomplishment
  18. 37House and Howser: Abbr.
  19. 38___-eared
  20. 39Figures in a speed trap?
  21. 40Something most people have memorized
  22. 41Iowa college
  23. 44Writer of "Esmé" and "The Open Window"
  24. 45Not a good way to run?
  25. 48Old Syrian political party whose name means "resurrection"
  26. 50X
  27. 51Flip remark?
  28. 54"Saturday Night Live" features that aren't live
  29. 55Term for an ambiguously worded news headline

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  1. 1Your of yore
  2. 2They're tipped out of respect
  3. 3Alexandre Dumas's Count de la Fère
  4. 4It's a steal!
  5. 5Spanish blessing
  6. 6Big publisher of romance novels
  7. 7Hunger
  8. 8Aiming mechanisms on bows
  9. 9Plug amount
  10. 10Moldable soil
  11. 11At some time
  12. 12___ idol
  13. 13Groups studied by cetologists
  14. 14Become inconsolable about
  15. 15"True West" playwright Sam
  16. 19Providers of chops and chips
  17. 21Line running roughly parallel to Interstate 95
  18. 23Disconsolate
  19. 24"The King of Football"
  20. 25Cars with a trident logo
  21. 26Person playing forward
  22. 27Calls home, as a bird might
  23. 29Gabbed, gabbed, gabbed
  24. 30Car roof with removable panels
  25. 31Farm male
  26. 32Remote locations
  27. 34TV channel that has received a Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech
  28. 38Adam's first wife, in Jewish myth
  29. 40Hungarian sheepdogs
  30. 41Schoolyard retort
  31. 42Vows you may stand for
  32. 43Spirit of an era
  33. 45Down Under band with 10 multiplatinum albums
  34. 46All right
  35. 47___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist
  36. 48Unwanted bit of mail
  37. 49"Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald
  38. 52Something you owe
  39. 53Producer of notes

The answer to “Aiming mechanisms on bows” in the New York Times crossword is SIGHTS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 11, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 8-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.

“Aiming mechanisms on bows” answer

SIGHTS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is SIGHTS

SIGHTS is the 6-letter solution that fits "Aiming mechanisms on bows" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 11, 2026 (8-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SIGHTS mean?

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

(noun)

  • the faculty or power of seeing
  • a thing that one sees or that can be seen
  • a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation

When else has “Aiming mechanisms on bows” appeared?

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April 11, 2026 (most recent) → SIGHTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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What is the answer to “Aiming mechanisms on bows”?

The answer is SIGHTS, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 11, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Aiming mechanisms on bows”?

6 letters: SIGHTS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on April 11, 2026 (a Saturday puzzle), at 8-Down.

Can “Aiming mechanisms on bows” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times 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 this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for April 11, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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