Takes exception

Latest answer — January 26, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Pie nut
  2. 6Boring task
  3. 10"I want to be in the loop on this email"
  4. 14Love, Italian-style
  5. 15Walking stick
  6. 16Sounds of inspiration
  7. 17Classic flowering locale adjacent to the White House [baseball star]
  8. 19Get gooey, maybe
  9. 20Backstreets
  10. 21Spooky
  11. 22___ one and only
  12. 25Itinerary calculation, in brief
  13. 26Connections
  14. 28Purple yam used to flavor desserts
  15. 29Grammy Award that's good for laughs? [1960s rock musician]
  16. 33Truffle pigs' assets
  17. 34Connection between topics
  18. 35"Over here!"
  19. 36___ Vicious
  20. 37Increase
  21. 41"Do the Right ___" (Spike Lee film)
  22. 44Food court pizza chain
  23. 46North Carolina educational institution [former "S.N.L." cast member]
  24. 50Allhallows ___
  25. 51Cut, as grass
  26. 52Beverage that may come in a pint
  27. 53Cry between "Ready" and "Go!"
  28. 54Parisian thanks
  29. 56Waiter or waitress
  30. 59"Do ___ others ..."
  31. 60Athletic trifectas ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across
  32. 64Wishes undone
  33. 65Fireplace fuel
  34. 66Jadedness
  35. 67Send an eggplant or taco emoji, say
  36. 68Ones appointed by corp. boards
  37. 69No-nos

Down

  1. 1Number on a golf card
  2. 2Music genre influenced by the Smiths and the Cure
  3. 3Modern lead-in to play
  4. 4Space
  5. 5Fail to take care of
  6. 6"Aiiiiieeeee!," e.g.
  7. 7Noblewoman
  8. 8Like a biased presentation
  9. 9Lead-in to X, Y, Z or Alpha
  10. 10Arrived
  11. 11Winged figure in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna"
  12. 12Beach city west of Los Angeles
  13. 13Think highly of
  14. 18Stevie Nicks and Karen Carpenter, vocally
  15. 21Jacob's brother in the Bible
  16. 22Baker's meas.
  17. 23Mothers of barnyard chicks
  18. 24Those, in Spanish
  19. 27N.F.L. team at MetLife Stadium, as shown on scoreboards
  20. 30___-frutti
  21. 31Endorse digitally
  22. 32Corporate department that handles contracts
  23. 36Oversize article of winter footwear
  24. 38Metals that miners mine
  25. 39Egg (on)
  26. 40T.S. Eliot or W.H. Auden
  27. 42Kind of port in A/V
  28. 43Prefix with -metric or -morphic
  29. 44Puzzle out
  30. 45Censored, as on an audiotape
  31. 46Takes exception
  32. 47Fifth or Madison, in Manhattan
  33. 48Point of a polygon
  34. 49Stroke lovingly
  35. 55"It'll ___ ya"
  36. 57Thus
  37. 58Nevada city near Lake Tahoe
  38. 60Extra attention, in brief
  39. 61Journalist Curry
  40. 62Famed Egyptian king, for short
  41. 63Bro's sibling

The answer to “Takes exception” in the New York Times crossword is DEMURS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 26, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 46-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.

“Takes exception” answer

DEMURS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is DEMURS

DEMURS is the 6-letter solution that fits "Takes exception" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 26, 2026 (46-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DEMURS mean?

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

(verb)

  • raise objections or show reluctance

When else has “Takes exception” 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 26, 2026 (most recent) → DEMURS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Takes exception”?

The answer is DEMURS, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 26, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Takes exception”?

6 letters: DEMURS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 26, 2026 (a Monday puzzle), at 46-Down.

Can “Takes exception” 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 26, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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