Contrarian in a nursery rhyme

The answer to “Contrarian in a nursery rhyme” in the New York Times crossword is MARY — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 23, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 103-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.

“Contrarian in a nursery rhyme” answer

MARY (4 letters)

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Why the answer is MARY

MARY is the 4-letter solution that fits "Contrarian in a nursery rhyme" in the NYT Crossword crossword on November 23, 2025 (103-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does MARY mean?

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

When else has “Contrarian in a nursery rhyme” 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.

November 23, 2025 (most recent) → MARY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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