Green shade
Latest answer — December 21, 2025
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A muted, earthy hue often seen in military clothing 🫒
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The answer to “Green shade” in the New York Times crossword is OLIVE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 21, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 74-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.
“Green shade” answer
OLIVE (5 letters)
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Why the answer is OLIVE
A muted, earthy hue often seen in military clothing 🫒
What does OLIVE mean?
Reading the plain dictionary sense of OLIVE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.
(noun)
- a small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil
- the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World
- a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive
When else has “Green shade” 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 21, 2025 (most recent) → OLIVE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Green shade”?
The answer is OLIVE, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 21, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Green shade”?
5 letters: OLIVE.
When did this clue appear?
Most recently in the New York Times crossword on December 21, 2025 (a Sunday puzzle), at 74-Down.
Can “Green shade” 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 21, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.
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