Harriet Tubman was one for the Union

The answer to “Harriet Tubman was one for the Union” in the New York Times crossword is SPY — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 9, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 8-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.

“Harriet Tubman was one for the Union” answer

SPY (3 letters)

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Why the answer is SPY

SPY is the 3-letter solution that fits "Harriet Tubman was one for the Union" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 9, 2025 (8-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SPY mean?

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

When else has “Harriet Tubman was one for the Union” 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.

February 9, 2025 (most recent) → SPY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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