Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"

Latest answer — January 23, 2025

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  1. 1Tavern regular
  2. 7Bit of haunted house décor
  3. 13Remove some bugs from
  4. 14Beethoven work initially dedicated to Napoleon
  5. 15Classic line from the Dick and Jane series
  6. 16Hiring practice at a family business, say
  7. 17Like many shots in soccer
  8. 18Suppose
  9. 19One might be worthy or formidable
  10. 20Years of decline
  11. 23Pilots' chronicles
  12. 25"___ plaisir!"
  13. 27Where people amass for Mass
  14. 28Bee-dazzler?
  15. 29Adequate
  16. 30Hurdle for a future Ph.D.
  17. 31E, in a musical mnemonic
  18. 32Land whose name meant "between two rivers"
  19. 36Gets up
  20. 39Grp. with a lot of intelligence
  21. 40Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"
  22. 44Advocacy org. that gained prominence in 1980s New York City
  23. 45Eastern currency
  24. 46Word repeated in a children's game
  25. 47Laura of "Jurassic Park"
  26. 48Structure with smoke flaps
  27. 50Prefix with color and county
  28. 51"Snow Falling on ___," 1994 mystery novel set in Washington State
  29. 53Bank assessment
  30. 55Sichuan bean curd dish
  31. 56Obstacles for a driver ... or what this puzzle's circled squares represent
  32. 58"When in the course of human ___ ..." (start of the Declaration of Independence)
  33. 59"You're kidding yourself!"
  34. 60Hate
  35. 61In the interim

Down

  1. 1Singers who co-starred in the 1978 film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
  2. 2Too
  3. 3Either of two diverging in a Robert Frost poem
  4. 4Horse-racing measurements
  5. 5Football powerhouse in the S.E.C.
  6. 6Eastern currency
  7. 7Perfume ecclesiastically
  8. 8Unrefined metal sources
  9. 9Sunset in the West?
  10. 10Motion-sensing gaming device
  11. 11Popeye's creator
  12. 12"Kapow!"
  13. 13All over again
  14. 15Lounges, e.g.
  15. 18Bit of biographical data
  16. 21___ chips, snack from Hawaii
  17. 22Way
  18. 24Vulpine
  19. 26Fall apart mentally
  20. 28Canadian province where "Anne of Green Gables" is set: Abbr.
  21. 33Special reading ability, for short
  22. 34"And make it snappy!"
  23. 35Hall & Oates hit with the opening lyric "She'll only come out at night"
  24. 36Beyond cool
  25. 37Geologic formation from glacial melting
  26. 38Word with clothes or cleaner
  27. 41Discharge of water, e.g.
  28. 42Filter
  29. 43Heavens
  30. 45"You rang?"
  31. 48Arrangement for an heir, perhaps
  32. 49Literary husband of Zeena Frome
  33. 52Early p.m. times, in brief
  34. 54Steamed dumpling in Tibetan cuisine
  35. 55___ school
  36. 56Common download
  37. 57Metal para una medalla olímpica

The answer to “Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"” in the New York Times crossword is ROSS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 23, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 40-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.

“Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"” answer

ROSS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is ROSS

ROSS is the 4-letter solution that fits "Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 23, 2025 (40-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"” 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 23, 2025 (most recent) → ROSS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"”?

The answer is ROSS, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 23, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"”?

4 letters: ROSS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 23, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 40-Across.

Can “Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents"” 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 January 23, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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