Engages in playful fisticuffs

The answer to “Engages in playful fisticuffs” in the New York Times crossword is SPARS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 20, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 4-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.

“Engages in playful fisticuffs” answer

SPARS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SPARS

SPARS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Engages in playful fisticuffs" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 20, 2025 (4-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SPARS mean?

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

When else has “Engages in playful fisticuffs” 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 20, 2025 (most recent) → SPARS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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