One bringing home the bacon

The answer to “One bringing home the bacon” in the New York Times crossword is EARNER — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 22, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 123-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.

“One bringing home the bacon” answer

EARNER (6 letters)

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Why the answer is EARNER

EARNER is the 6-letter solution that fits "One bringing home the bacon" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 22, 2026 (123-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EARNER mean?

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

When else has “One bringing home the bacon” 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.

February 22, 2026 (most recent) → EARNER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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