Most popular sport in New Zealand

Latest answer — April 08, 2025

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  1. 1Taylor Swift's ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts
  2. 5Noodles that often come in a flat rectangular pouch
  3. 10Instruction in a risotto recipe
  4. 14Go it alone
  5. 15Sánchez who wrote "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter"
  6. 16More than a few
  7. 17Treat from a recipe printed on a Nestlé package
  8. 20Hit and run, but not error
  9. 21Makes an analogy (to)
  10. 22Bluffer's activity
  11. 26Bad thing to spring
  12. 27Shares one's ideas
  13. 28Awards depicted by a winged woman holding an atom
  14. 30Thrilled
  15. 31More than a fad
  16. 33"For shame!"
  17. 36Before, in poetry
  18. 37Contributes to a group gift ... or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 54-Across
  19. 39Filmmaker Howard
  20. 40Berlin article
  21. 41Most popular sport in New Zealand
  22. 42Ice cream base
  23. 43Engagement, quaintly
  24. 45Showy flower native to Central America
  25. 47___ Academy, source of free online courses
  26. 48Crunchy Tex-Mex bowl
  27. 51Eight fluid ounces
  28. 53In the country
  29. 54Office workstation
  30. 59"Night" author Wiesel
  31. 60"I'm willing to help"
  32. 61___ Alto, Calif.
  33. 62Mean, median or mode
  34. 63Elizabeth I's house
  35. 64Rod between wheels

Down

  1. 1It's just a guess: Abbr.
  2. 2Kanga's son, in children's literature
  3. 3More than most
  4. 4Having cash to spend
  5. 5Corporate doings in which one's boss may change
  6. 6Caribbean locale with the slogan "One Happy Island"
  7. 7The Divine ___ (Bette Midler)
  8. 8Scratch (out)
  9. 9Table salt, to a chemist
  10. 10Motown great Robinson
  11. 11Wander through the neighborhood after dinner, maybe
  12. 12Traditional way to sign a contract
  13. 13Seeded loaves
  14. 18"You are ___" (map notation)
  15. 19T. Boone Pickens, for one
  16. 22Like lots of Insta pics
  17. 23Word after soap or before box
  18. 24Awareness of body position, scientifically
  19. 25Itsy-bitsy
  20. 29Nintendo avatar
  21. 31Strength
  22. 32P.D. alert
  23. 34Justice Sotomayor
  24. 35Work with the hands
  25. 37Modern pastry portmanteau
  26. 38Unassuming home
  27. 42Mexican dish made with fried masa
  28. 44Hullabaloo
  29. 45Type of window -- not a student who lives in a college building
  30. 46Immediately
  31. 47Prepared to propose, perhaps
  32. 49Traveled like a tossed ball
  33. 50New York's Mario ___ Bridge
  34. 51Poems that express approval
  35. 52Grumpy face
  36. 55Big Ten sch. whose main campus is in Happy Valley
  37. 56Line near the bottom of a receipt
  38. 57Right-angled bend
  39. 58Common sushi roll topping

The answer to “Most popular sport in New Zealand” in the New York Times crossword is RUGBY — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 8, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 41-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.

“Most popular sport in New Zealand” answer

RUGBY (5 letters)

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Why the answer is RUGBY

RUGBY is the 5-letter solution that fits "Most popular sport in New Zealand" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 8, 2025 (41-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does RUGBY mean?

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

(noun)

  • a team game played with an oval ball that may be kicked, carried, and passed from hand to hand. Points are scored by grounding the ball behind the opponents' goal line (thereby scoring a try) or by kicking it between the two posts and over the crossbar of the opponents' goal

When else has “Most popular sport in New Zealand” appeared?

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April 8, 2025 (most recent) → RUGBY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Most popular sport in New Zealand”?

The answer is RUGBY, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 8, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Most popular sport in New Zealand”?

5 letters: RUGBY.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on April 8, 2025 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 41-Across.

Can “Most popular sport in New Zealand” 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 8, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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