Nickname for Louis Armstrong

Latest answer — June 05, 2025

41 Across

Think of the jazz legend’s famously warm nickname, often heard alongside his trumpet and gravelly voice. 🎺

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Across

  1. 1Toggle on a digital clock
  2. 5Leader of brothers
  3. 10Gillette razor
  4. 14*Confirm to be true
  5. 15Like 2027 and 2029, but not 2025
  6. 16*Someone who knows how the sausage gets made?
  7. 17Works traditionally performed with musical accompaniment in ancient Greece
  8. 18Goliath
  9. 19Coach's charge
  10. 20Rainwater clearer
  11. 22Unwanted "ingredient" when assembling s'mores, say
  12. 23___ love
  13. 24Mr. Spock, e.g.
  14. 26Clamorous
  15. 28Cunning sort
  16. 30"Finally!"
  17. 33Li'l belly
  18. 34*Formal expressions of praise
  19. 38Diminutive suffix in Spanish
  20. 39Like some coffees and mob targets
  21. 41Nickname for Louis Armstrong
  22. 42Activist Brockovich
  23. 43Neighbor of "#" on a telephone keypad
  24. 44Supporting
  25. 45Stir up
  26. 46The Forbidden City's Meridian ___
  27. 47*One who's conspicuously excellent
  28. 49One standing near a pond, maybe
  29. 50Animal symbol of innocence
  30. 52Biblical beast
  31. 54Stunning 17,000-year-old discovery in France's Lascaux Cave
  32. 57Companionship?
  33. 59A club might be seen on one
  34. 60General name on a Chinese menu
  35. 63Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues?
  36. 67Flat sign
  37. 68Alley ___
  38. 69Clichéd
  39. 70Cluster in an archipelago
  40. 71*Street urchins
  41. 72Professional writer of a sort

Down

  1. 1Proclaim
  2. 2Lead-in to care
  3. 3Necessity for a reservation, perhaps
  4. 4Word that can redundantly follow "I"
  5. 5Inclined
  6. 6Actor Cox of "Succession"
  7. 7*Armed thieves
  8. 8Midwest city whose name consists of two interjections
  9. 9This clue's number + one
  10. 10Not approximate, say
  11. 11Setting for a Laura Ingalls Wilder book series
  12. 12Garner
  13. 13Huge fan club, so to speak
  14. 21"Blame It on ___" (1984 Michael Caine rom-com)
  15. 23Shoot into the pocket, in snooker
  16. 25Telephone no. add-ons
  17. 27Hasty
  18. 28*Removing lumps from, in a way
  19. 29Saint in the Caribbean
  20. 31Barrier to entry
  21. 32*Like dress shirts, typically
  22. 35Emergency item on a ship
  23. 36Langston Hughes poem published during the Harlem Renaissance
  24. 37Light shade
  25. 40*Showed for the first time
  26. 42*Buying a gallon of milk, picking up the laundry, etc.
  27. 47Antidotes, perhaps
  28. 48Food subject to internet debate over whether or not it's a sandwich
  29. 51Kilns for hops
  30. 53Neighbors of Croats
  31. 54Not supporting
  32. 55Down Under bounders
  33. 56Cultivate
  34. 58Have down
  35. 59What Indiana Jones famously isn't fond of
  36. 60Get ready to hit all the right notes?
  37. 611970s tennis champ Smith
  38. 62Home of the historic Oscarshall Palace
  39. 64Cost of doing business, maybe
  40. 65Doomed from the get-go, for short
  41. 66Cave dweller

The answer to “Nickname for Louis Armstrong” in the New York Times crossword is SATCH — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 5, 2025, a Thursday 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.

“Nickname for Louis Armstrong” answer

SATCH (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SATCH

Think of the jazz legend’s famously warm nickname, often heard alongside his trumpet and gravelly voice. 🎺

When else has “Nickname for Louis Armstrong” 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 5, 2025 (most recent) → SATCH. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Nickname for Louis Armstrong”?

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

How many letters is the answer to “Nickname for Louis Armstrong”?

5 letters: SATCH.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on June 5, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 41-Across.

Can “Nickname for Louis Armstrong” 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 5, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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