It might bring a patient to surgery

Latest answer — November 07, 2025

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  1. 1Pain reliever
  2. 11Promote shamelessly
  3. 15Synthetic upholstery material
  4. 16Charge
  5. 17Noted feature of Paris's Parc de Bagatelle
  6. 18Hot pair
  7. 19Bygone office assistant
  8. 20Illustrator of the Tammany tiger
  9. 21Spare things?
  10. 22Milk source
  11. 23Mesh
  12. 24Word with sweet or blind
  13. 26Tell
  14. 28Dwellings for nomads
  15. 31Shipping container
  16. 35Beverage featured in "A Christmas Story"
  17. 37Nostalgic tune
  18. 39Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproduction
  19. 40The Brady household, including Alice, e.g.
  20. 41Material refined through the Bessemer process
  21. 42A long, long time
  22. 44A vacationer might hope to catch them
  23. 46Muscleman of 1980s TV
  24. 47"Help," e.g.
  25. 51Victuals, informally
  26. 53Washington notes
  27. 55Time sheet calculation
  28. 56Long way to go?
  29. 57Modern identification method
  30. 59Obstacles to peace, sometimes
  31. 60Lying across
  32. 61Elephant ___ (pastries)
  33. 62Pursuit after a breakup

Down

  1. 1Novelist Fannie who wrote "Imitation of Life" (1933)
  2. 2Mexican street corn
  3. 3Bamboozled
  4. 4Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63
  5. 5Speaker of the line "... your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs"
  6. 6Code-breaking grp.
  7. 7It might bring a patient to surgery
  8. 8"Step on it!"
  9. 9Fruity beverages
  10. 10Jobs for body shops
  11. 11Lose all patience with
  12. 12Leave one's winnings on the table for another bet
  13. 13Tandoor, e.g.
  14. 14Elliptical areas
  15. 23"The Mysterious Lady" actress, 1928
  16. 25Wire holders
  17. 26Decorous
  18. 27Cells that can be vitrified and preserved for future use
  19. 29"The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ Miller
  20. 30Very start, as of an idea
  21. 31Kind of floor covering
  22. 32Settled down
  23. 33Bit of wanton gossip
  24. 34In an awesome way, slangily
  25. 36Professional negotiator
  26. 38Hagen of Broadway
  27. 43Shakespearean duke
  28. 45Arranges
  29. 47Phony one
  30. 48Riches
  31. 49Clear one's name, say?
  32. 50Seven-time Emmy winner Ed
  33. 51Jouissance
  34. 52World capital on both banks of the Daugava River
  35. 54Focus of the historians Tacitus and Suetonius
  36. 55"___ Nagila"
  37. 58Pres. advisory grp.

The answer to “It might bring a patient to surgery” in the New York Times crossword is GURNEY — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 7, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 7-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 might bring a patient to surgery” answer

GURNEY (6 letters)

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Why the answer is GURNEY

GURNEY is the 6-letter solution that fits "It might bring a patient to surgery" in the NYT Crossword crossword on November 7, 2025 (7-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does GURNEY mean?

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

(noun)

  • a wheeled stretcher used for transporting hospital patients

When else has “It might bring a patient to surgery” appeared?

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November 7, 2025 (most recent) → GURNEY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “It might bring a patient to surgery”?

The answer is GURNEY, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 7, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “It might bring a patient to surgery”?

6 letters: GURNEY.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on November 7, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 7-Down.

Can “It might bring a patient to surgery” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for November 7, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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