Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks

The answer to “Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks” in the New York Times crossword is HIC — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 29, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 23-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.

“Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks” answer

HIC (3 letters)

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Why the answer is HIC

HIC is the 3-letter solution that fits "Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks" in the NYT Crossword crossword on September 29, 2025 (23-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does HIC mean?

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

When else has “Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks” 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.

September 29, 2025 (most recent) → HIC. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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