Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"

The answer to “Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"” in the New York Times crossword is DESSERT — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 2, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 117-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.

“Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"” answer

DESSERT (7 letters)

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Why the answer is DESSERT

DESSERT is the 7-letter solution that fits "Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 2, 2025 (117-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DESSERT mean?

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

When else has “Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"” 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.

March 2, 2025 (most recent) → DESSERT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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