Solo in space

Latest answer — August 22, 2025

43 Across

The smuggler who teamed up with a Wookiee in a galaxy far away. 🚀

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Across

  1. 1Accessory for overseas travel
  2. 8Camila with the hit 2022 album "Familia"
  3. 15Disassemble in order to understand
  4. 17Ideal resolution
  5. 18Bit of a blind
  6. 19Button added to iPhone messages in 2022
  7. 20Like challenging kite-flying weather
  8. 21Becky on "Full House" and Esther on "Sanford and Son"
  9. 23A little "Help here!"?
  10. 24Access, in a way
  11. 27Regards with astonishment
  12. 31___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet
  13. 32Stone to cast?
  14. 33For
  15. 34Reveal all
  16. 37One might walk right into a trap
  17. 38Baroque stringed instrument
  18. 39Plaza resident of fiction
  19. 40Apollo 13, for one
  20. 42Made funny faces, say
  21. 43Solo in space
  22. 44Inlay material on some guitars
  23. 45Attacks
  24. 48Alternative to 53-Across
  25. 49Blowout
  26. 53Some nest eggs
  27. 56Be ruthless
  28. 57Brothers-to-be
  29. 58Beloved kid on one's farm, maybe

Down

  1. 1Yaps
  2. 2"You're on!"
  3. 3Brand of athletic shoes
  4. 4Relates (to)
  5. 5Cause headaches for
  6. 6Peacock's display
  7. 7Entertain at bedtime, maybe
  8. 8Website whose contributors might write about mice
  9. 9Dating app filter
  10. 10Where many gather to form a line?
  11. 11Ultimate function
  12. 12Attire for hula dancers
  13. 13Time of abstinence
  14. 14Not-so-conservative party?
  15. 16Clinton and Bush, for two
  16. 22Steadfast
  17. 23Founding father who is the only Supreme Court justice to have ever been impeached
  18. 24Super Bowl LVI winner, in brief
  19. 25Resident of the Arab world's oldest continuously independent state
  20. 26Equestrian's choices
  21. 27Sierra or Yukon
  22. 28Its national anthem has no words
  23. 29Come about
  24. 30Buff
  25. 32Unakyu roll ingredient
  26. 35Dearie
  27. 36Very, very tall
  28. 41Not directly in the sun
  29. 42Something very attractive
  30. 44Former queen of Jordan
  31. 45URL letters
  32. 46___ Sea, body of water nowadays divided into "North" and "South"
  33. 47Drink served hot or cold
  34. 48Criticizes viciously
  35. 50___ cow (black bovine with a white belt around its middle)
  36. 51Kate of "Fantastic Four"
  37. 52Whisper in a classroom, maybe
  38. 54"Little piggy"
  39. 55Studio locale

The answer to “Solo in space” in the New York Times crossword is HAN — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 22, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 43-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.

“Solo in space” answer

HAN (3 letters)

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Why the answer is HAN

The smuggler who teamed up with a Wookiee in a galaxy far away. 🚀

What does HAN mean?

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

(noun)

  • the Chinese dynasty that ruled from 206 BC until AD 220 with only a brief interruption. During this period Chinese rule was extended over Mongolia, Confucianism was recognized as the state philosophy, and detailed historical records were kept
  • the dominant ethnic group in China

When else has “Solo in space” 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.

August 22, 2025 (most recent) → HAN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Solo in space”?

The answer is HAN, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 22, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Solo in space”?

3 letters: HAN.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on August 22, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 43-Across.

Can “Solo in space” 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 August 22, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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