When many parks close

The answer to “When many parks close” in the New York Times crossword is DUSK — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 6, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 80-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.

“When many parks close” answer

DUSK (4 letters)

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What does DUSK mean?

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

When else has “When many parks close” 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 6, 2026 (most recent) → DUSK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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