Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles

The answer to “Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles” in the New York Times crossword is KNEAD — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 15, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 44-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.

“Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles” answer

KNEAD (5 letters)

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Why the answer is KNEAD

KNEAD is the 5-letter solution that fits "Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 15, 2025 (44-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles” 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.

July 15, 2025 (most recent) → KNEAD. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

More clues from the NYT Crossword on July 15, 2025

Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.

• Socially awkward sort → DORK
• Stratford-on-___ → AVON
• Christened → NAMED
• Remove the skin from → PARE
• Divisions in some history books → DECADES
• American city in the Sonoran Desert → MESA
• First corner square after Go on a Monopoly board → JAIL
• Latticed metal used in construction and fencing → WIREMESH

Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for July 15, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.

About the NYT Crossword

The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Tuesday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.

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