With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters

The answer to “With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters” in the New York Times crossword is FINGERS — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 24, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 54-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.

“With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters” answer

FINGERS (7 letters)

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Why the answer is FINGERS

FINGERS is the 7-letter solution that fits "With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters" in the NYT Crossword crossword on September 24, 2025 (54-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does FINGERS mean?

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

When else has “With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters” 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 24, 2025 (most recent) → FINGERS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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