Goes to the mat?

The answer to “Goes to the mat?” in the New York Times crossword is WRESTLES — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 27, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 114-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.

“Goes to the mat?” answer

WRESTLES (8 letters)

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Why the answer is WRESTLES

WRESTLES is the 8-letter solution that fits "Goes to the mat?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 27, 2025 (114-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does WRESTLES mean?

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

When else has “Goes to the mat?” 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 27, 2025 (most recent) → WRESTLES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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