Long-bladed thrusting dagger

Latest answer — January 25, 2025

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  1. 1Undesirable airplane seatmate
  2. 11Sound from a hedge clipper
  3. 15"This is a waste of my time"
  4. 16Strike one!
  5. 17Body shops?
  6. 18"Combats ___ tes défenseurs!" ("La Marseillaise" line)
  7. 19Poet Bradstreet
  8. 20Abbr. in some job titles
  9. 21Coward of the theater world
  10. 22Largest U.S. union, with about three million members, in brief
  11. 23Funding source for the Great Wall of China
  12. 26Org. in 2015's "Bridge of Spies"
  13. 27Brass
  14. 28Felt in the Christmas spirit?
  15. 30"The Way," in Islam
  16. 33A, B, and C, but not T and V
  17. 34Under control
  18. 35One working on a column?
  19. 36Sight in Monet's "Boating on the River Epte"
  20. 37Current events
  21. 39Spreads
  22. 40Novel technology?
  23. 41Jam
  24. 42Old atlas inits.
  25. 43In the 80s or 90s, say
  26. 45Take another direction
  27. 48It's fit for a king
  28. 50Classic novel of the South Seas
  29. 51Some photomontage art
  30. 52___ Mountains, Kyrgyz/Tajik border range
  31. 53They'll show you a thing or two
  32. 56Weight of an adult elephant, very imprecisely
  33. 57Initiative
  34. 58Segments of curling matches
  35. 59Holders of orbs

Down

  1. 1"Ugh, that's the worst!"
  2. 2It passes through many Swiss banks
  3. 3Loy of filmdom
  4. 4Thing of interest?
  5. 5Foe in a 1932 Australian "war"
  6. 6"Cheap Thrills" pop star
  7. 7Clutches
  8. 8Job that might require a fence
  9. 9Aeschylus trilogy of tragedies
  10. 10The forest, in a metaphor
  11. 11Extend across
  12. 12Number at filling stations?
  13. 13"Oh-h-h-h, that makes sense"
  14. 14They support many student movements
  15. 23Joined a union
  16. 24___ nage (cooked in a broth)
  17. 25Certain something
  18. 27"Barbie" director Gerwig
  19. 29Asian grocery chain
  20. 30Consumed with grief?
  21. 31Where locks are picked?
  22. 32S&P; 500 part
  23. 33Some corp. execs
  24. 35Confirmation, e.g.
  25. 38Ardent supporter
  26. 39Place whose name has an appropriate final vowel sound
  27. 41Reproductive cells
  28. 44Dispatch (toward)
  29. 45___ Smith, "The Autograph Man" novelist
  30. 46Namely
  31. 47Sublimation products
  32. 49Indicator of deflation
  33. 51Long-bladed thrusting dagger
  34. 54Miracle-___
  35. 55Lines at a grocery store

The answer to “Long-bladed thrusting dagger” in the New York Times crossword is DIRK — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 25, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 51-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.

“Long-bladed thrusting dagger” answer

DIRK (4 letters)

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Why the answer is DIRK

DIRK is the 4-letter solution that fits "Long-bladed thrusting dagger" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 25, 2025 (51-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DIRK mean?

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

(noun)

  • a short dagger of a kind formerly carried by Scottish Highlanders

When else has “Long-bladed thrusting dagger” 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.

January 25, 2025 (most recent) → DIRK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Long-bladed thrusting dagger”?

The answer is DIRK, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 25, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Long-bladed thrusting dagger”?

4 letters: DIRK.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 25, 2025 (a Saturday puzzle), at 51-Down.

Can “Long-bladed thrusting dagger” 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 January 25, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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