Dine at home ... or at a restaurant

The answer to “Dine at home ... or at a restaurant” in the New York Times crossword is EATIN — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 3, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 41-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.

“Dine at home ... or at a restaurant” answer

EATIN (5 letters)

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Why the answer is EATIN

EATIN is the 5-letter solution that fits "Dine at home ... or at a restaurant" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 3, 2026 (41-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EATIN mean?

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

When else has “Dine at home ... or at a restaurant” 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.

April 3, 2026 (most recent) → EATIN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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