Fried fare often served with marinara

The answer to “Fried fare often served with marinara” in the New York Times crossword is CALAMARI — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 16, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 108-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.

“Fried fare often served with marinara” answer

CALAMARI (8 letters)

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Why the answer is CALAMARI

CALAMARI is the 8-letter solution that fits "Fried fare often served with marinara" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 16, 2025 (108-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CALAMARI mean?

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

When else has “Fried fare often served with marinara” 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.

March 16, 2025 (most recent) → CALAMARI. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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