Move the needle?

The answer to “Move the needle?” in the New York Times crossword is SEW — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 14, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 115-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.

“Move the needle?” answer

SEW (3 letters)

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Why the answer is SEW

SEW is the 3-letter solution that fits "Move the needle?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on June 14, 2026 (115-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SEW mean?

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

When else has “Move the needle?” 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 14, 2026 (most recent) → SEW. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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