Bend it like Beckham!

Latest answer — April 17, 2026

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Across

  1. 112-12, say
  2. 5Make an all-out effort
  3. 1050, on a table
  4. 13Sea creature known to mourn its dead
  5. 14Long-stemmed mushroom
  6. 15Wow
  7. 16Medicare subsection covering ambulance services
  8. 18Get to the point?
  9. 19Half a chocolate bar
  10. 20Settle a bill
  11. 22Georgia hometown of R.E.M. and the B-52s
  12. 24Small pieces from
  13. 26Multitude
  14. 27Looks over briefly
  15. 30Word after back or snack
  16. 32Sticker that usually comes in sets of three or four?
  17. 33Did some knifework on
  18. 35Solo pilot?
  19. 36Worst of all imaginable chronologies
  20. 39"What's the issue ...?"
  21. 40Start to season, as a skillet
  22. 41"Storage Wars" network
  23. 42Awaken
  24. 44Voting, e.g.
  25. 46"Altho ..."
  26. 48Set of notes in a seventh chord
  27. 49"Stop being such a baby!"
  28. 51Negative Nancy or Debbie Downer
  29. 55First Super Bowl won by the Kansas City Chiefs in 50 years
  30. 56Gal on the screen
  31. 58[You're boring me]
  32. 59First of all
  33. 60Result from
  34. 61Chewy Japanese noodle
  35. 62"___ supuesto!" ("Of course!," in Spanish)
  36. 63Look with a curled lip
  37. 64Mizzen, e.g.

Down

  1. 1Outperforms
  2. 2Modern home of ancient Mesopotamia
  3. 3Neutral shade
  4. 4Informational repository
  5. 5End of a gay pride slogan
  6. 6"Bad news aside ..."
  7. 7Catchy tune
  8. 8Maker of the iconic Billy bookcase
  9. 9What's going around?
  10. 10Gets the memo
  11. 112000 song for Aaron Carter about seeking someone "tough but sweet"
  12. 12Safety devices for trapeze artists
  13. 17"Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets")
  14. 21"You get the picture"
  15. 23Old-school dance
  16. 25Discussion guider
  17. 272008 Clint Eastwood film centered around an attempted car theft
  18. 28Act superior to
  19. 29Pro ___
  20. 31Bend it like Beckham!
  21. 32BlackBerrys, e.g., for short
  22. 34Seriously, in modern slang
  23. 371/86,400 of a day: Abbr.
  24. 38Opium product used by Anna Karenina and Victor Frankenstein
  25. 43Big fight
  26. 45Exclaim
  27. 47High honors in science fiction
  28. 49Sludge
  29. 50Sacrifice in some chess gambits
  30. 52Weird Al Yankovic parody of the Kinks's "Lola"
  31. 53Mythical lover
  32. 54Monthly expense
  33. 57Student center?

The answer to “Bend it like Beckham!” in the New York Times crossword is KNEE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 17, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 31-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.

“Bend it like Beckham!” answer

KNEE (4 letters)

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Why the answer is KNEE

KNEE is the 4-letter solution that fits "Bend it like Beckham!" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 17, 2026 (31-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does KNEE mean?

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

(noun)

  • the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans
  • an angled piece of wood or metal frame used to connect and support the beams and timbers of a wooden ship
  • an abrupt obtuse or approximately right-angled bend in a graph between parts where the slope varies smoothly

When else has “Bend it like Beckham!” 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.

April 17, 2026 (most recent) → KNEE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Bend it like Beckham!”?

The answer is KNEE, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 17, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Bend it like Beckham!”?

4 letters: KNEE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on April 17, 2026 (a Friday puzzle), at 31-Down.

Can “Bend it like Beckham!” 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 17, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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