"___ on Melancholy" (Keats poem)

The answer to “"___ on Melancholy" (Keats poem)” in the USA Today crossword is ODE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on October 1, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 28-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.

“"___ on Melancholy" (Keats poem)” answer

ODE (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is ODE.

What does ODE mean?

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

When else has “"___ on Melancholy" (Keats poem)” appeared?

USA Today 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.

October 1, 2026 (most recent) → ODE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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