"The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana

The answer to “"The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana” in the New York Times crossword is WEPT — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 26, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 22-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.

“"The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana” answer

WEPT (4 letters)

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Why the answer is WEPT

WEPT is the 4-letter solution that fits ""The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 26, 2025 (22-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does WEPT mean?

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

When else has “"The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana” appeared?

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April 26, 2025 (most recent) → WEPT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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