It can tie up your stock

The answer to “It can tie up your stock” in the New York Times crossword is LARIAT — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 2, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 47-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.

“It can tie up your stock” answer

LARIAT (6 letters)

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Why the answer is LARIAT

LARIAT is the 6-letter solution that fits "It can tie up your stock" in the NYT Crossword crossword on August 2, 2025 (47-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does LARIAT mean?

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

When else has “It can tie up your stock” 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.

August 2, 2025 (most recent) → LARIAT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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