"Put up your ___!"

The answer to “"Put up your ___!"” in the New York Times crossword is DUKES — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 21, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 46-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.

“"Put up your ___!"” answer

DUKES (5 letters)

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Why the answer is DUKES

DUKES is the 5-letter solution that fits ""Put up your ___!"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 21, 2026 (46-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DUKES mean?

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

When else has “"Put up your ___!"” 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 21, 2026 (most recent) → DUKES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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