___ up (come clean)

The answer to “___ up (come clean)” in the New York Times crossword is FESS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 22, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 55-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.

“___ up (come clean)” answer

FESS (4 letters)

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What does FESS mean?

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

When else has “___ up (come clean)” 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.

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

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