East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby"

The answer to “East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby"” in the New York Times crossword is TOM — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 4-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.

“East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby"” answer

TOM (3 letters)

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Why the answer is TOM

TOM is the 3-letter solution that fits "East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 11, 2025 (4-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TOM mean?

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

When else has “East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby"” 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.

October 11, 2025 (most recent) → TOM. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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