Ingredient in an old-fashioned

The answer to “Ingredient in an old-fashioned” in the New York Times crossword is RYE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 3, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 63-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.

“Ingredient in an old-fashioned” answer

RYE (3 letters)

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Why the answer is RYE

RYE is the 3-letter solution that fits "Ingredient in an old-fashioned" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 3, 2025 (63-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does RYE mean?

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

When else has “Ingredient in an old-fashioned” 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.

April 3, 2025 (most recent) → RYE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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