Chest muscles, for short

The answer to “Chest muscles, for short” in the New York Times crossword is PECS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 5, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 98-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.

“Chest muscles, for short” answer

PECS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is PECS

A gym slang favorite for the upper torso 💪

What does PECS mean?

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

When else has “Chest muscles, for short” 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.

October 5, 2025 (most recent) → PECS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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