What you might do if you don't know an answer

The answer to “What you might do if you don't know an answer” in the New York Times crossword is GUESS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 1, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 42-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 might do if you don't know an answer” answer

GUESS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is GUESS

GUESS is the 5-letter solution that fits "What you might do if you don't know an answer" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 1, 2025 (42-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does GUESS mean?

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

When else has “What you might do if you don't know an answer” 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.

April 1, 2025 (most recent) → GUESS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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