Some college students, quaintly

The answer to “Some college students, quaintly” in the New York Times crossword is COEDS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 16, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 25-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.

“Some college students, quaintly” answer

COEDS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is COEDS

COEDS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Some college students, quaintly" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 16, 2025 (25-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does COEDS mean?

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

When else has “Some college students, quaintly” 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.

February 16, 2025 (most recent) → COEDS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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