You might walk on this at night

The answer to “You might walk on this at night” in the New York Times crossword is TIPTOE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 6, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 88-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.

“You might walk on this at night” answer

TIPTOE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is TIPTOE

TIPTOE is the 6-letter solution that fits "You might walk on this at night" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 6, 2025 (88-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TIPTOE mean?

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

When else has “You might walk on this at night” 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 6, 2025 (most recent) → TIPTOE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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