Dance craze named for a Southern city

The answer to “Dance craze named for a Southern city” in the New York Times crossword is CHARLESTON — a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 24, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 18-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.

“Dance craze named for a Southern city” answer

CHARLESTON (10 letters)

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Why the answer is CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON is the 10-letter solution that fits "Dance craze named for a Southern city" in the NYT Crossword crossword on September 24, 2025 (18-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CHARLESTON mean?

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

When else has “Dance craze named for a Southern city” 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 24, 2025 (most recent) → CHARLESTON. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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