"Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"

The answer to “"Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"” in the New York Times crossword is EPICS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 15, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 83-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.

“"Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"” answer

EPICS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is EPICS

EPICS is the 5-letter solution that fits ""Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 15, 2026 (83-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EPICS mean?

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

When else has “"Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"” 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.

March 15, 2026 (most recent) → EPICS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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