"Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald

The answer to “"Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald” in the New York Times crossword is HERO — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 11, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 49-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.

“"Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald” answer

HERO (4 letters)

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Why the answer is HERO

HERO is the 4-letter solution that fits ""Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 11, 2026 (49-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does HERO mean?

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

When else has “"Show me a ___ and I'll write you a tragedy": F. Scott Fitzgerald” 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 11, 2026 (most recent) → HERO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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