Promote excessively

The answer to “Promote excessively” in the New York Times crossword is FLOG — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 13, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 33-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.

“Promote excessively” answer

FLOG (4 letters)

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Why the answer is FLOG

FLOG is the 4-letter solution that fits "Promote excessively" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 13, 2025 (33-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does FLOG mean?

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

When else has “Promote excessively” 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.

April 13, 2025 (most recent) → FLOG. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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