Allow someone to pass

The answer to “Allow someone to pass” in the New York Times crossword is YIELD — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 5, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 72-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.

“Allow someone to pass” answer

YIELD (5 letters)

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Why the answer is YIELD

YIELD is the 5-letter solution that fits "Allow someone to pass" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 5, 2026 (72-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does YIELD mean?

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

When else has “Allow someone to pass” appeared?

New York Times 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.

July 5, 2026 (most recent) → YIELD. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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