Handed over

The answer to “Handed over” in the New York Times crossword is CEDED — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 4, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 62-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.

“Handed over” answer

CEDED (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is CEDED.

Why the answer is CEDED

This means transferred possession to someone else. 🤝

What does CEDED mean?

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

When else has “Handed over” 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.

May 4, 2025 (most recent) → CEDED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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