Prayer beads

Latest answer — March 03, 2025

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Across

  1. 1Try to delay
  2. 6Transcript figs.
  3. 10Nickname for Yale attendees
  4. 14Alphabet quintet
  5. 15French or Italian bread?
  6. 16Circus shelter
  7. 17Authority figure in Yellowstone or Grand Teton
  8. 19Oscar winner Malek
  9. 20Jigsaw puzzle element
  10. 21Like the ending of "Hamlet" or "King Lear"
  11. 23Hair goo
  12. 25Iconic basketball move of Kobe Bryant
  13. 28"The ____" (Tyler Perry series set in the White House)
  14. 30Emmy winner Edebiri of "The Bear"
  15. 31A strawberry has about 200 of these
  16. 32Actress Richards of "The World Is Not Enough"
  17. 35Sicilian peak that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  18. 37Hues unlikely to cause clashes
  19. 42Slip gently (into)
  20. 43Gobble down
  21. 45Before's opposite
  22. 49"Weekend Update" show, in brief
  23. 51Thailand's continent
  24. 52Annoy to a maddening extent
  25. 56Place to get cash
  26. 57AM/FM devices
  27. 58Word following time or screen
  28. 60"Right away, boss!"
  29. 61Downer feeling
  30. 66Drink with a polar bear mascot
  31. 67Antioxidant-rich berry
  32. 68Soccer shoe attachment
  33. 69"___ of the D'Urbervilles" (Thomas Hardy novel)
  34. 70Ocular woe
  35. 71Easily annoyed

Down

  1. 1Sticky tree stuff
  2. 2Long Island iced ___
  3. 31980 disaster comedy film with an exclamation point in its title
  4. 4Trickster in Norse myth
  5. 5Enticing one
  6. 6Swiss city famous for hosting peace conferences
  7. 7Curly-tailed dog
  8. 8Exist
  9. 9Categorizes, as laundry
  10. 10Online investment brokerage
  11. 11The "L" of N.F.L.
  12. 12Thought of and considered
  13. 13Units of dynamite
  14. 18Super serve
  15. 22Flea market deal
  16. 23Supreme being
  17. 24Balanced
  18. 26Part of a microscope or telescope
  19. 27Campus military program, for short
  20. 29Lucy of "Kill Bill"
  21. 33Music player
  22. 34The Roaring Twenties, for one
  23. 36Say yes without words
  24. 38Professional org.
  25. 39Eggs, in ancient Rome
  26. 40Prayer beads
  27. 41Spades or diamonds
  28. 44Head-butt
  29. 45Dexterous
  30. 46Land of Napoleon
  31. 47Neatens up
  32. 48Digital party announcements
  33. 50Timmy's dog on 1950s TV
  34. 53Cuba y Puerto Rico
  35. 5440 winks
  36. 55Oust, as a tenant
  37. 59Author and lawyer ____ Stanley Gardner
  38. 6210th mo.
  39. 63Tactic
  40. 64Bit of body art, in brief
  41. 65Porcine habitat

The answer to “Prayer beads” in the New York Times crossword is ROSARIES — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 3, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 40-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.

“Prayer beads” answer

ROSARIES (8 letters)

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Why the answer is ROSARIES

ROSARIES is the 8-letter solution that fits "Prayer beads" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 3, 2025 (40-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ROSARIES mean?

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

(noun)

  • (in the Roman Catholic Church) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be

When else has “Prayer beads” 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 3, 2025 (most recent) → ROSARIES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Prayer beads”?

The answer is ROSARIES, a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 3, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Prayer beads”?

8 letters: ROSARIES.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on March 3, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 40-Down.

Can “Prayer beads” 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 March 3, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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