Make a break from jail

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Across

  1. 1Not true
  2. 6N.Y.C. club that hosted Blondie and the Ramones
  3. 10"Scram!"
  4. 14Clientele
  5. 15BTS fandom
  6. 16Classic TV series with asterisks separating the letters of its name
  7. 17Screen addiction, e.g.
  8. 19Canyon call back
  9. 20Word after B or D
  10. 21Length x width, for a rectangle
  11. 22What food is at dinner
  12. 23Where boxers trade jabs
  13. 26Cocktail with gin and lime juice
  14. 29Word before cheese or uncle
  15. 30Hedonistic sort
  16. 31Medium-spicy chili peppers
  17. 37Clever chap
  18. 40Driving slowly in the fast lane and "replying all" to a mass email, for two
  19. 41Vishnu avatar
  20. 42"Now ___ seen everything"
  21. 43Snail's tentacle or butterfly's antenna
  22. 45Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Linus Pauling, Martin Luther King Jr. and so on
  23. 51Carne ___ (Mexican dish)
  24. 52Uncle's wife
  25. 53Long sandwich with cold cuts, maybe
  26. 56Bouquet holder
  27. 57"Meow, meow, meow!," e.g.
  28. 60Similar (to)
  29. 61Like a child in an amusement park
  30. 62"___, meenie, miney, mo"
  31. 63Young lady
  32. 64Author Morrison who is part of the 45-Across
  33. 65Puffs of perfume

Down

  1. 1Elmer who hunts "wabbits"
  2. 2On the ocean
  3. 3Impose, as a tax
  4. 4___ Lanka
  5. 5Make a break from jail
  6. 6Spelunker
  7. 7Thorny patch
  8. 8Big inits. in pickup trucks and vans
  9. 9"Ta-ta!"
  10. 10Spread, as cream cheese
  11. 11Saguaros, e.g.
  12. 12Pale
  13. 13Underwear that's barely there
  14. 18The "E" in Q.E.D.
  15. 22Home to the Sphinx
  16. 23A quarter or more of one's life, typically
  17. 24Majorca and Minorca
  18. 25Indian bread
  19. 26Rubbery part of a handlebar
  20. 27Actress Skye
  21. 28Mixed-breed dog
  22. 31Talks in an unserious way
  23. 32What wines and cheeses do over time
  24. 33Wading bird
  25. 34Novelist Stephenson
  26. 35"My treat!"
  27. 36One of seven in the Big Dipper
  28. 38Woman's name meaning "night"
  29. 39___ Strauss & Co.
  30. 43"Adventures of Huckleberry ___"
  31. 44Regard
  32. 45Like the force of an armada
  33. 46Home to Universal Studios Japan
  34. 47On a need-to-know ____
  35. 48Utopias
  36. 49Claw
  37. 50One of the Super Mario brothers
  38. 53Pride and gluttony, for two
  39. 54Amount of work on a college transcript
  40. 55Drones, e.g.
  41. 57What puts the sizzle in bacon
  42. 58Freudian "I"
  43. 59Floral necklace

The answer to “Make a break from jail” in the New York Times crossword is ESCAPE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 29, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 5-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.

“Make a break from jail” answer

ESCAPE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is ESCAPE

ESCAPE is the 6-letter solution that fits "Make a break from jail" in the NYT Crossword crossword on June 29, 2026 (5-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ESCAPE mean?

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

(verb)

  • break free from confinement or control
  • fail to be noticed or remembered by (someone)
  • interrupt (an operation) by means of the escape key

When else has “Make a break from jail” 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.

June 29, 2026 (most recent) → ESCAPE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Make a break from jail”?

The answer is ESCAPE, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 29, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Make a break from jail”?

6 letters: ESCAPE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on June 29, 2026 (a Monday puzzle), at 5-Down.

Can “Make a break from jail” 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 June 29, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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