Child king of Egypt

The answer to “Child king of Egypt” in the New York Times crossword is TUT — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 13, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 42-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.

“Child king of Egypt” answer

TUT (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is TUT.

What does TUT mean?

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

When else has “Child king of Egypt” 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.

September 13, 2026 (most recent) → TUT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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