"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)

The answer to “"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)” in the New York Times crossword is RASTA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 3, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 8-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.

“"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)” answer

RASTA (5 letters)

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Why the answer is RASTA

RASTA is the 5-letter solution that fits ""Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 3, 2025 (8-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does RASTA mean?

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

When else has “"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)” 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 3, 2025 (most recent) → RASTA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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