Scent for a gent

Latest answer — September 01, 2025

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Across

  1. 1RMS Titanic's undoer
  2. 5City known for witch trials
  3. 10Barn space for storing hay
  4. 14Celeb with worshipful fans
  5. 15East Coast Amtrak service
  6. 16Carpet layer's calculation
  7. 17Getaway where guests are out of fashion?
  8. 19Dreary atmosphere
  9. 20Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa
  10. 21Hand-dyed fabric
  11. 22"Six-pack" muscles, informally
  12. 25Demilitarized space between antagonists
  13. 28Scent for a gent
  14. 30Prefix with sex
  15. 31Like hearts and diamonds
  16. 32Rational selves, to Freud
  17. 33Big health insurer
  18. 35Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across
  19. 42Voice for Amazon devices
  20. 43Global extremity
  21. 44Baseball official, familiarly
  22. 47Popular tourist memento
  23. 48Seasoning mined from brine
  24. 51Annoying fee added to a price
  25. 54"Rumor ___ it ..."
  26. 55Ticker in a taxi
  27. 56Military "lights out" instrument
  28. 58X ___ xylophone
  29. 59Ramen or pho
  30. 64Flexible Flyer, for one
  31. 65Sharpshooter Oakley
  32. 66Untainted
  33. 67Action after saying "I do"
  34. 68Toys that have their ups and downs
  35. 69One of Columbus's ships

Down

  1. 1Recycling container
  2. 2Part of a campus URL
  3. 3Word after hot or lightning
  4. 4Smooth-talking
  5. 5Lustrous sheet material
  6. 6Build up, as interest
  7. 7Smallest
  8. 8Oval-leaved tree
  9. 9Weather report graphic
  10. 10Capital of Bolivia
  11. 11Speechifier
  12. 12Catlike
  13. 13Gabbed
  14. 18Spotify selection
  15. 21Russian pancakes
  16. 22Tennis servers' wallops
  17. 23Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect
  18. 24Snail-like
  19. 26Feels sorry about
  20. 27Poker pot builder
  21. 29Worker protection agcy.
  22. 33Brownie ___ mode
  23. 34Nile reptiles
  24. 36Spot to tie the knot
  25. 37Target reader of the "Twilight" series
  26. 38Corp. bigwig
  27. 39Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime"
  28. 40"Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald
  29. 41Drenches
  30. 44Expose at a costume party
  31. 45Oaty breakfast cereal
  32. 46Feels sorry for
  33. 48Universal, Paramount or Disney
  34. 49"Bald" birds
  35. 50Shaft on which a wheel turns
  36. 52Dispatches
  37. 53Wood for black piano keys
  38. 57"Baseball Tonight" airer
  39. 59Opposition vote
  40. 60Yoko from Tokyo
  41. 61Yes, to Yves
  42. 62Crowd-sized coffee server
  43. 63Vexation for a storied princess

The answer to “Scent for a gent” in the New York Times crossword is COLOGNE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 1, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 28-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.

“Scent for a gent” answer

COLOGNE (7 letters)

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Why the answer is COLOGNE

COLOGNE is the 7-letter solution that fits "Scent for a gent" in the NYT Crossword crossword on September 1, 2025 (28-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does COLOGNE mean?

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

(noun)

  • eau de cologne or similarly scented toilet water

When else has “Scent for a gent” 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.

September 1, 2025 (most recent) → COLOGNE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Scent for a gent”?

The answer is COLOGNE, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 1, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Scent for a gent”?

7 letters: COLOGNE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on September 1, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 28-Across.

Can “Scent for a gent” 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 September 1, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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