What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match

The answer to “What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match” in the New York Times crossword is SHIFTKEY — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 13, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 60-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.

“What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match” answer

SHIFTKEY (8 letters)

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Why the answer is SHIFTKEY

SHIFTKEY is the 8-letter solution that fits "What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 13, 2026 (60-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match” 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.

May 13, 2026 (most recent) → SHIFTKEY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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