Familiar with the tricks of

Latest answer — December 10, 2025

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  1. 1"___ been had!"
  2. 5Shoo away, in a way
  3. 11Thunderbolt wielder
  4. 15First name in daring jumps
  5. 16City NE of Olympia
  6. 17Familiar with the tricks of
  7. 18Emulates a dog around the family dinner table
  8. 19Like voice mail messages, for example
  9. 21Red "Inside Out" character
  10. 23OUT OF ORDER! PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE!
  11. 24J.F.K. Library architect
  12. 25Verbal hesitations
  13. 27"No ___!"
  14. 31Like some boarding school attire
  15. 33Green dispensaries?
  16. 37Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role
  17. 38Bit of condensation
  18. 39Type of flooded field
  19. 42Protected lands for plants and animals
  20. 44OUT OF ORDER! USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
  21. 45One who is acting?
  22. 46Corp. money bigwig
  23. 47Some pearls of wisdom
  24. 48Third-party holding
  25. 51Used to have
  26. 54___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader
  27. 55Time piece?
  28. 56Hole in the wall
  29. 61Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim"
  30. 63Love poem opener
  31. 67Article of pool equipment
  32. 68Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
  33. 69OUT OF ORDER! USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD!
  34. 70Corn container
  35. 71Release steam
  36. 72Diocese assemblies
  37. 73Final boss in the game God of War

Down

  1. 1Software accessed via an online browser
  2. 2Game-tying goal
  3. 3Healthier version of a breakfast side dish
  4. 4"Or ___ what?"
  5. 5Longtime NASCAR sponsor
  6. 6Alters the shape of
  7. 7Dell competitor
  8. 8Singer Amos
  9. 9"You can say that again!"
  10. 10Sensitivity
  11. 11Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega
  12. 12Ax, so to speak
  13. 13Beehive State athlete
  14. 14Grassy section
  15. 20Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short
  16. 22Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)"
  17. 26Greek figures with multiple heads
  18. 28Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid
  19. 29Trampoline mats
  20. 30Elf product
  21. 32Org. opposed to "speciesism"
  22. 33Common street sign symbol
  23. 34Several things in a pagoda
  24. 35Party starters, in brief
  25. 36Sowing machine
  26. 40"To your health!," in Germany
  27. 41___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.)
  28. 42[Don't open this at the office!]
  29. 43One of four rhyming letters
  30. 44Modern prefix with village
  31. 49"The Matrix" character, with "the"
  32. 50Nuts
  33. 52Standing
  34. 53Aachen article
  35. 54"There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi
  36. 57Some needle work, in brief
  37. 58"Community" character played by Donald Glover
  38. 59Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _
  39. 60Songwriter Guthrie
  40. 62___ Minor
  41. 63Fire up
  42. 64Prize that a prospector pries
  43. 65Sloth, e.g.
  44. 66Some N.F.L. linemen

The answer to “Familiar with the tricks of” in the New York Times crossword is ONTO — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 10, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 17-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.

“Familiar with the tricks of” answer

ONTO (4 letters)

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Why the answer is ONTO

ONTO is the 4-letter solution that fits "Familiar with the tricks of" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 10, 2025 (17-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ONTO mean?

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

(adposition)

  • expressing the relationship of a set to its image under a mapping when every element of the image set has an inverse image in the first set

When else has “Familiar with the tricks of” 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.

December 10, 2025 (most recent) → ONTO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Familiar with the tricks of”?

The answer is ONTO, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 10, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Familiar with the tricks of”?

4 letters: ONTO.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on December 10, 2025 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 17-Across.

Can “Familiar with the tricks of” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for December 10, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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