Part of an airplane

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Across

  1. 1Train unit
  2. 4One means of going up a hill
  3. 8Builds
  4. 14Tap it
  5. 15Reese Witherspoon's role in "Legally Blonde"
  6. 16Fictional land of magic and talking animals
  7. 17Baseball great who said "If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600"
  8. 19Playground retort
  9. 20Untouchable
  10. 21Goalie's stat
  11. 23Genre for "Sunset Boulevard"
  12. 24Designation for some audio connectors
  13. 25Inch (toward)
  14. 29Had the reins
  15. 31Give and take
  16. 32Word with stop or prize
  17. 33Financial support
  18. 36Lose firmness
  19. 38Punk subculture
  20. 39World capital in central Anatolia
  21. 40Woke
  22. 42That little thing you do?
  23. 43Inits. for cinephiles
  24. 45Struggle to decide
  25. 46"___ a roll!"
  26. 48Spreadsheet units
  27. 50In good shape
  28. 51Corn syrup brand
  29. 52Book of Mormon book
  30. 53Plant watcher, for short
  31. 56Helped temporarily, with "over"
  32. 58Chops
  33. 60High-end suit
  34. 63Locale for a couples cruise?
  35. 65Milieu for the Flying Wallendas
  36. 66Obsessed with
  37. 67Reed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  38. 68Celestial omens, to some
  39. 69Make tears
  40. 70Mind meld?

Down

  1. 1Part of an airplane
  2. 2Where Davy Crockett died, with "the"
  3. 3Athlete tackling El Capitan, e.g.
  4. 4Relative of a gull
  5. 5Down
  6. 6___-country
  7. 7See 49-Down
  8. 8A bunch of fruit may grow on it
  9. 9Hurry
  10. 10Wiped out
  11. 11___ International, channel seen in hotel rooms worldwide
  12. 12"Deck the Halls" contraction
  13. 13___ Tiago, largest of the Cape Verde islands
  14. 18Problem solver's cry
  15. 22"___, that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!": "Romeo and Juliet"
  16. 24N.Y. Rangers' home
  17. 26Investor's question for a start-up, to which 3-, 8-, 35- and 49-/7-Down reply "Yes!"'
  18. 27One of the Addams family
  19. 28Slowly diminish
  20. 30Gossip
  21. 33Dyeing technique
  22. 34Jungian archetype
  23. 35Who popularized the proverb "With great power comes great responsibility"
  24. 37Clown
  25. 41Weddings
  26. 44Traffic director
  27. 45Fool
  28. 47Write, as music
  29. 49With 7-Down, worker who likely knows the ropes
  30. 54Subs
  31. 55Invite from atop the stairs, say
  32. 57When ties get untied, for short
  33. 58___ in three
  34. 59Place offering a Rise 'N Shine breakfast
  35. 60Epitome of simplicity
  36. 61"Flying Down to ___" (1933 film)
  37. 62Lion keeper?
  38. 64Start to count?

The answer to “Part of an airplane” in the New York Times crossword is CABIN — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 4, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 1-Down. 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.

“Part of an airplane” answer

CABIN (5 letters)

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Why the answer is CABIN

CABIN is the 5-letter solution that fits "Part of an airplane" in the NYT Crossword crossword on September 4, 2025 (1-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CABIN mean?

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

(noun)

  • a private room or compartment on a ship
  • a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area
  • a cubicle or individual work space within a larger office

When else has “Part of an airplane” 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.

September 4, 2025 (most recent) → CABIN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Part of an airplane”?

The answer is CABIN, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 4, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Part of an airplane”?

5 letters: CABIN.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on September 4, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 1-Down.

Can “Part of an airplane” 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 September 4, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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