Date night bookings

The answer to “Date night bookings” in the New York Times crossword is SITTERS — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 23, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 39-Down. 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.

“Date night bookings” answer

SITTERS (7 letters)

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What does SITTERS mean?

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

When else has “Date night bookings” 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.

August 23, 2026 (most recent) → SITTERS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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