Takes orders at a restaurant

The answer to “Takes orders at a restaurant” in the New York Times crossword is WAITS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 13, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 15-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.

“Takes orders at a restaurant” answer

WAITS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is WAITS

WAITS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Takes orders at a restaurant" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 13, 2025 (15-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does WAITS mean?

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

When else has “Takes orders at a restaurant” 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.

July 13, 2025 (most recent) → WAITS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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