He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne

The answer to “He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne” in the New York Times crossword is SET — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 4, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 13-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.

“He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne” answer

SET (3 letters)

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Why the answer is SET

SET is the 3-letter solution that fits "He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 4, 2026 (13-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SET mean?

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

When else has “He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne” 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.

January 4, 2026 (most recent) → SET. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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