The right direction?

The answer to “The right direction?” in the New York Times crossword is EAST — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on March 22, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 76-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.

“The right direction?” answer

EAST (4 letters)

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Why the answer is EAST

EAST is the 4-letter solution that fits "The right direction?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on March 22, 2026 (76-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EAST mean?

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

When else has “The right direction?” 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.

March 22, 2026 (most recent) → EAST. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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