Ran in the rain, perhaps

The answer to “Ran in the rain, perhaps” in the New York Times crossword is BLED — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 28, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 53-Across. 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.

“Ran in the rain, perhaps” answer

BLED (4 letters)

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Why the answer is BLED

BLED is the 4-letter solution that fits "Ran in the rain, perhaps" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 28, 2025 (53-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does BLED mean?

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

When else has “Ran in the rain, perhaps” 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.

December 28, 2025 (most recent) → BLED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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