Conical shelter

The answer to “Conical shelter” in the New York Times crossword is TEEPEE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 15, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 55-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.

“Conical shelter” answer

TEEPEE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is TEEPEE

TEEPEE is the 6-letter solution that fits "Conical shelter" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 15, 2026 (55-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TEEPEE mean?

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

When else has “Conical shelter” 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.

February 15, 2026 (most recent) → TEEPEE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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