Cut some slack?

The answer to “Cut some slack?” in the New York Times crossword is TAUTEN — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 9, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 48-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.

“Cut some slack?” answer

TAUTEN (6 letters)

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Why the answer is TAUTEN

TAUTEN is the 6-letter solution that fits "Cut some slack?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 9, 2025 (48-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TAUTEN mean?

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

When else has “Cut some slack?” 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.

January 9, 2025 (most recent) → TAUTEN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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