Like some socks and chess players

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Across

  1. 1"Interview With the Vampire" and "Prince of Thorns"
  2. 6"Borat" and "This Is Spinal Tap"
  3. 14Like some experimental music
  4. 16Deferential
  5. 17Valentine's Day sentiment
  6. 18More than a mere grudge
  7. 19They might be all over the map
  8. 21Animal known for freezing under pressure
  9. 22Noted criminal extradited to the U.S. in 2017
  10. 25Locale for a cochlea
  11. 28Deadpan
  12. 29"You Come ___" (Robert Frost collection)
  13. 30___ Holden, U.S. soccer player-turned-commentator
  14. 31Kind of cucumber that isn't a vegetable
  15. 33Dither
  16. 35"Lady Bird" and "Stand By Me"
  17. 39Actress ___ Taylor-Joy
  18. 40Bundle of paper or grain
  19. 41Some
  20. 44-
  21. 46Eponymous Italian designer Mario
  22. 47Prefix with soul or classical
  23. 48Spanish letter before te
  24. 50One of many listed on the back of a tour shirt
  25. 51Atlanta sch.
  26. 54"Get that away from me!"
  27. 56Grid lines, perhaps
  28. 58Mythical forge locale
  29. 60Get
  30. 62Second calling?
  31. 65Items that gather lather
  32. 69Person with the shift after a long one of yours
  33. 701980s New York mayor
  34. 71-
  35. 72-

Down

  1. 1Dollop
  2. 2Verb that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward
  3. 3CD follower
  4. 4Potato turnover
  5. 5-
  6. 6"Outta my way!"
  7. 7Overly big
  8. 8One of 10 in a millennium: Abbr.
  9. 9Josh
  10. 10Put to work
  11. 11Like some socks and chess players
  12. 12Return to a PC keyboard?
  13. 13-
  14. 15Sprang (at)
  15. 20"Nice one, you got me"
  16. 22Singer James
  17. 23Selection at the butcher's
  18. 24"The Thursday Murder Club" and "A Killer Sundae"
  19. 26Cher's catchphrase in "Clueless"
  20. 27The Knights of ___, shadowy side group in "Star Wars"
  21. 32Food thickener
  22. 34One-named singer who's a former member of One Direction
  23. 36Poetic contraction that omits a "v"
  24. 37Might, to Shakespeare
  25. 38-
  26. 40Stash
  27. 42Button added to Apple's Messages app in 2022
  28. 43Jokesters
  29. 45Go out with
  30. 46"Downton Abbey" and "Shogun"
  31. 49Far from fresh
  32. 51Mixing thematic elements and tropes ... or a feature of this puzzle?
  33. 52Dave ___, seven-time All-Star pitcher for the Blue Jays
  34. 53Mr. Reed, to Jane Eyre
  35. 55People celebrated worldwide on March 8
  36. 57Skinny white mushroom
  37. 59Similar
  38. 61Floating mass
  39. 63Subject of Homer's loathing on "The Simpsons"
  40. 64Bird-related prefix
  41. 66One of "them"
  42. 67Sports org. that now includes U.C. Berkeley and Stanford, strangely enough
  43. 68"There ___ Goes" (1988 hit by the La's)

The answer to “Like some socks and chess players” in the New York Times crossword is MATED — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 24, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 11-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.

“Like some socks and chess players” answer

MATED (5 letters)

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Why the answer is MATED

MATED is the 5-letter solution that fits "Like some socks and chess players" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 24, 2025 (11-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does MATED mean?

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

(verb)

  • (of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate
  • connect or be connected mechanically

When else has “Like some socks and chess players” 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 24, 2025 (most recent) → MATED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Like some socks and chess players”?

The answer is MATED, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 24, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Like some socks and chess players”?

5 letters: MATED.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on April 24, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 11-Down.

Can “Like some socks and chess players” 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 April 24, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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