Salad root

Latest answer — January 07, 2025

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  1. 1Disordered state
  2. 5Irrefutable
  3. 10Ark numbers
  4. 14List shortener
  5. 15UPS shipment
  6. 16D.I.Y. website
  7. 17Communists want to dISMantle it
  8. 19Valley in which it's easy to get a cab
  9. 20Hochkönig, for one
  10. 21___ Szewinska, only sprinter (male or female) to hold world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m events
  11. 22Pushover
  12. 23Mexican dish similar to taquitos
  13. 25TikTok phenomena
  14. 27It's condit(ion)ed on regular payments
  15. 30Ours contain about 700 megabytes of information
  16. 33Equine eats
  17. 34Respectful title that's an anagram of another respectful title
  18. 35House calls?
  19. 36Pig of kids' TV
  20. 38An outbuilding
  21. 39___ Speedwagon
  22. 40Pottery making and illustration, for example
  23. 412003 #1 hit with the lyric "What's cooler than being cool?"
  24. 42It's hard to believe
  25. 46Pity party exclamation
  26. 47"Whoa, that's good!"
  27. 51"___ my Eggo!" (bygone waffle slogan)
  28. 52Island kingdom
  29. 54Random number generator
  30. 55Still contending
  31. 56Protest seeking a different arrangement with landlords
  32. 58Philippine currency
  33. 59"Di niente!"
  34. 60Salad root
  35. 61Troll ___
  36. 62Kind of jar
  37. 63Contraceptive options

Down

  1. 1After-dinner order
  2. 2Even a smidge
  3. 3Rocker Frank
  4. 4Film director Roth
  5. 5Sacred insect in a hieroglyph
  6. 6"... at most"
  7. 7"How often have I ___ beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home": Faulkner
  8. 8Often-quoted line from "Return of the Jedi" when the Rebels are ambushed
  9. 9On the blue side: Abbr.
  10. 10One paying a flat fee?
  11. 11"You believe me now?"
  12. 12"My mistake"
  13. 13Clout
  14. 18Protagonist of Shakespeare's first tragedy
  15. 22Jazzes (up)
  16. 24Olive oil has many of them
  17. 26___ Skeeter, journalist/witch in the Harry Potter books
  18. 28Thicket
  19. 29Simone who sang "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
  20. 30Robes and such
  21. 31Shocker
  22. 32"Zoom fatigue" is a modern one
  23. 36Baby carrier in Bath
  24. 37"You get the picture"
  25. 38U.K. channel nickname, with "the"
  26. 40Classic Angela Davis do
  27. 41Drum kit component
  28. 43Rubber bone, e.g.
  29. 44"Stay!"
  30. 45Starts working remotely, say
  31. 48Formal farewell
  32. 49Competed in part of a triathlon
  33. 50Hurls forcibly, in modern slang
  34. 51Grammy-winning Dua
  35. 53Kind of place that's beside the point?
  36. 56Tach measure
  37. 57High stat for a heavy hitter

The answer to “Salad root” in the New York Times crossword is BEET — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 7, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 60-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.

“Salad root” answer

BEET (4 letters)

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Why the answer is BEET

BEET is the 4-letter solution that fits "Salad root" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 7, 2025 (60-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does BEET mean?

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

(noun)

  • a herbaceous plant widely cultivated as a source of food for humans and livestock, and for processing into sugar. Some varieties are grown for their leaves and some for their large nutritious root

When else has “Salad root” 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.

January 7, 2025 (most recent) → BEET. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Salad root”?

The answer is BEET, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 7, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Salad root”?

4 letters: BEET.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 7, 2025 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 60-Across.

Can “Salad root” 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 January 7, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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