Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"

The answer to “Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"” in the New York Times crossword is NINE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 31, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"” answer

NINE (4 letters)

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Why the answer is NINE

NINE is the 4-letter solution that fits "Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 31, 2025 (19-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does NINE mean?

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

When else has “Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A"” 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.

January 31, 2025 (most recent) → NINE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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