Papa bear

Latest answer — January 09, 2025

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Across

  1. 1Eat dirt, say
  2. 7Info at JFK or LAX
  3. 10One image on a Monopoly board
  4. 14Longtime Ford S.U.V.
  5. 15Bring trouble to
  6. 16Knight of film
  7. 17Charlie horse
  8. 19"To suffer ___ which Hope thinks infinite": Shelley
  9. 20Fictional thief Lupin
  10. 21Papa bear
  11. 22Body with many pages
  12. 24Awesome, in 1990s slang
  13. 26Sierra Leone
  14. 27Tango number
  15. 31Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley
  16. 32Harbor markers
  17. 33Longtime wire service inits.
  18. 34Haunted house feeling
  19. 35Italian for "baked"
  20. 36Mystery writer, in brief?
  21. 37Danger in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon
  22. 38Point at, in a way
  23. 39Pizzeria purchase
  24. 40Golf course
  25. 42Whiskey soda
  26. 43Yours, in French
  27. 44Dave or Ray of the Kinks
  28. 45Quebec city
  29. 48Cut some slack?
  30. 50Strong push
  31. 51Alpha male (double)
  32. 55Stands at first, say
  33. 56Vivacious, theatrical and passionate type, it's said
  34. 57Info in a job posting
  35. 58Casting director's offering
  36. 59Candy in plastic dispensers
  37. 60"Maybe. Give me time to think"

Down

  1. 1"Fleabag" airer
  2. 2Off-line, to those online
  3. 3Plaything
  4. 4Put at risk
  5. 5Cold-weather driving hazard
  6. 6Lob in the direction of
  7. 7Film writer/director Goldberg
  8. 8Kind of lens for long-distance shots
  9. 9Bit of medieval weaponry
  10. 10Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015)
  11. 11Long, long time
  12. 12Pointed the finger at
  13. 13TV journalist Ling
  14. 18Poor mark
  15. 21Links figures
  16. 22Singer Gomez
  17. 23Fake
  18. 25Casual greeting
  19. 26Leader of Germany?
  20. 27Entire, in Italian
  21. 28___ Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics
  22. 29Time periods
  23. 30To the ___ (with style)
  24. 32Notable site of enlightenment
  25. 35Pixar film set in the fictional town of Santa Cecilia
  26. 36At the end of the day
  27. 38Grp. whose alphabet is used eight times in this puzzle
  28. 39More than a few
  29. 41One of 3,000+ annually for IBM
  30. 421960s dance craze
  31. 44"Obviously!"
  32. 45Groucho Marx specialty
  33. 46___ Major
  34. 47Composer Stravinsky
  35. 49The whole shebang
  36. 51Challenge for a skier
  37. 52One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance
  38. 53Realm of Charlemagne, for short
  39. 54Fashion designer's asset

The answer to “Papa bear” in the New York Times crossword is PANDA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 9, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 21-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.

“Papa bear” answer

PANDA (5 letters)

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Why the answer is PANDA

PANDA is the 5-letter solution that fits "Papa bear" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 9, 2025 (21-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does PANDA mean?

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

(noun)

  • a large bearlike mammal with characteristic black and white markings, native to certain mountain forests in China. It feeds almost entirely on bamboo and has become increasingly rare

When else has “Papa bear” 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 9, 2025 (most recent) → PANDA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Papa bear”?

The answer is PANDA, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 9, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Papa bear”?

5 letters: PANDA.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 9, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 21-Across.

Can “Papa bear” 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 9, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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