Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might

The answer to “Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might” in the New York Times crossword is RICOCHET — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 2, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 18-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.

“Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might” answer

RICOCHET (8 letters)

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What does RICOCHET mean?

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

When else has “Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might” 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.

September 2, 2026 (most recent) → RICOCHET. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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