Join, as two metal surfaces

The answer to “Join, as two metal surfaces” in the New York Times crossword is SOLDER — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 30, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 100-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.

“Join, as two metal surfaces” answer

SOLDER (6 letters)

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What does SOLDER mean?

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

When else has “Join, as two metal surfaces” 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 30, 2026 (most recent) → SOLDER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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