It goes around every year

The answer to “It goes around every year” in the New York Times crossword is FLU — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 20, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 64-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.

“It goes around every year” answer

FLU (3 letters)

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Why the answer is FLU

FLU is the 3-letter solution that fits "It goes around every year" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 20, 2025 (64-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does FLU mean?

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

When else has “It goes around every year” 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.

October 20, 2025 (most recent) → FLU. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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