Comes down hard

The answer to “Comes down hard” in the New York Times crossword is POURS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 6, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 59-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.

“Comes down hard” answer

POURS (5 letters)

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What does POURS mean?

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

When else has “Comes down hard” 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 6, 2026 (most recent) → POURS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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