Prayer ___

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  1. 1Letters on a radio switch
  2. 5"Cómo está ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)
  3. 10Indian tourist city on the Taj Express route
  4. 14Garment seen in Hindi cinema
  5. 15Glistened
  6. 16Like a grade of B+, say
  7. 17Seed covering
  8. 18Yankees slugger who hit a record-setting 62 home runs in 2022
  9. 20Rotary phone feature
  10. 21Garment from Playtex or Maidenform
  11. 22"Meet the Press" group
  12. 23Image from a drone
  13. 27Metal from a mine
  14. 28Bills with George Washington's face
  15. 29Small dish served in Spain
  16. 31Accra's country
  17. 34Path of a baseball pop-up
  18. 35Doozy
  19. 39"Keep dreaming!"
  20. 43Opposite of "nope"
  21. 44"Star Wars" saga heroine
  22. 45Desert plants
  23. 46Home of the New York Mets until 2008
  24. 48College mil. program
  25. 50"___, amas, amat ..." (Latin 101 conjugation)
  26. 53Outlet from the heart's left ventricle
  27. 58Dance to "The Blue Danube," e.g.
  28. 60E.P.A.-banned pesticide
  29. 61Get an F
  30. 62Poet with the essay collection "Sister Outsider"
  31. 65Home services app that lists local vendors
  32. 66Jumping-off point for an inventor
  33. 67Grown-up
  34. 68Pest control brand
  35. 69Four years, for a U.S. president
  36. 70Trait transmitters
  37. 71One of 26, approximately, in a marathon

Down

  1. 1Carne ___ (grilled meat dish)
  2. 2Decluttering maven Kondo
  3. 3Monastery resident
  4. 4Very, very small fractions
  5. 5In working order
  6. 6Musical counterparts of flats
  7. 7Bat mitzvah reading
  8. 8Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him
  9. 9TV room
  10. 10H2O, in Mexico
  11. 11Emphatic rejection
  12. 12Slugger Maris
  13. 13"Skyfall" singer
  14. 19Music genre from Tokyo
  15. 24Scrambled word: Abbr.
  16. 25Other: Sp.
  17. 26R.p.m. indicator
  18. 30Wool-producing ranch
  19. 31Merry
  20. 32Go quickly, quaintly
  21. 33Actress de Armas
  22. 34___ port in a storm
  23. 36Short lines at the register?
  24. 37Permit
  25. 38Prefix with cycle or code
  26. 40Black-and-white cookie
  27. 41In the neighborhood
  28. 42When Hamlet duels with Laertes in "Hamlet"
  29. 47Smog, e.g.
  30. 48Enigma
  31. 49Groups of eight musicians
  32. 50Hang around for
  33. 51"Harold and ___" (1971 black comedy)
  34. 52From further in the past
  35. 54Successful dash to the end zone, in brief
  36. 55Hawaiian porch
  37. 56Prayer ___
  38. 57Skip over, as the "i" in "family"
  39. 59Transit option to N.Y.C.'s Roosevelt Island
  40. 63Fall behind
  41. 64Beethoven's "___ to Joy"

The answer to “Prayer ___” in the New York Times crossword is VIGIL — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 4, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 56-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 ___” answer

VIGIL (5 letters)

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Why the answer is VIGIL

VIGIL is the 5-letter solution that fits "Prayer ___" in the NYT Crossword crossword on August 4, 2025 (56-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does VIGIL mean?

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

(noun)

  • a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray
  • (in the Christian Church) the eve of a festival or holy day as an occasion of religious observance

When else has “Prayer ___” 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.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Prayer ___”?

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

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

5 letters: VIGIL.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on August 4, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 56-Down.

Can “Prayer ___” 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 August 4, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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