Perfume compounds

The answer to “Perfume compounds” in the New York Times crossword is ESTERS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 20, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 37-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.

“Perfume compounds” answer

ESTERS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is ESTERS

ESTERS is the 6-letter solution that fits "Perfume compounds" in the NYT Crossword crossword on November 20, 2025 (37-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ESTERS mean?

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

When else has “Perfume compounds” 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.

November 20, 2025 (most recent) → ESTERS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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