Odd pair?

The answer to “Odd pair?” in the New York Times crossword is DEES — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 6, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 121-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.

“Odd pair?” answer

DEES (4 letters)

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Why the answer is DEES

DEES is the 4-letter solution that fits "Odd pair?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 6, 2025 (121-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DEES mean?

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

When else has “Odd pair?” 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.

July 6, 2025 (most recent) → DEES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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