When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title

The answer to “When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title” in the New York Times crossword is GIRLS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 4, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 49-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 tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title” answer

GIRLS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is GIRLS

GIRLS is the 5-letter solution that fits "When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 4, 2025 (49-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does GIRLS mean?

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

When else has “When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title” 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.

December 4, 2025 (most recent) → GIRLS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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