___ Jima Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “___ Jima” from the New York Times crossword of December 7, 2025? It has 3 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 7, 2025
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IWO is the answer to “___ Jima”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 3-letter answer that starts with I.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: OWI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Battle of ___ Jima”.
More clues from the New York Times (December 7, 2025)
Across
- 1. Fancy dos5 letters, starts with CCOIFS
- 6. "Count me out"5 letters, starts with IIPASS
- 11. Cantankerous captain of fiction4 letters, starts with AAHAB
- 15. Lab provisions?4 letters, starts with AALPO
- 19. Bit of letter-shaped hardware5 letters, starts with UUBOLT
- 20. Attended5 letters, starts with WWASAT
- 21. New York university based in Manhattan4 letters, starts with PPACE
- 22. A "bear of very little brain"4 letters, starts with PPOOH
- 23. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison?11 letters, starts with PPOWERCOUPLE
- 25. John James Audubon?9 letters, starts with BBIRDBRAIN
- 27. Victorian-era prescription for melancholy6 letters, starts with SSEAAIR
- 28. They'll make it up to you5 letters, starts with LLIARS
- 30. Stumble or lurch4 letters, starts with RREEL
- 31. Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir.3 letters, starts with NNNE
- 32. Dictionary tag: Abbr.3 letters, starts with VVAR
- 34. Summer camper's conveyance5 letters, starts with CCANOE
- 36. Emmy-winning actor Ray6 letters, starts with LLIOTTA
- 38. Samuel Morse?8 letters, starts with CCABLEGUY
- 43. Sir Edmund Hillary?12 letters, starts with MMOUNTAINGOAT
- 46. Lake that's home to the world's largest freshwater island5 letters, starts with HHURON
- 47. Bit of cacao3 letters, starts with NNIB
- 49. Come out on top7 letters, starts with PPREVAIL
- 50. Suffix with hypn-4 letters, starts with OOTIC
- 51. Trees commonly confused with birches6 letters, starts with AASPENS
- 54. Deposit that might gather interest?3 letters, starts with OORE
- 55. Cheeky5 letters, starts with SSASSY
- 59. Sir Isaac Newton?14 letters, starts with MMOTIONDETECTOR
- 62. Cattle calls4 letters, starts with LLOWS
- 63. "Harper Valley ___" (1968 hit)3 letters, starts with PPTA
- 64. TV tavern visited by Mayor Quimby4 letters, starts with MMOES
- 65. Shoe covering6 letters, starts with GGAITER
- 67. It's often rapped but never spoken5 letters, starts with GGAVEL
- 68. Like beds on lazy Saturdays6 letters, starts with UUNMADE
- 70. Cuts (back)5 letters, starts with PPARES
- 71. Outfit that may have a hood6 letters, starts with OONESIE
- 73. Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations5 letters, starts with AANNAN
- 74. Like the Red Sea after a visit from Moses6 letters, starts with PPARTED
- 76. Rain on your wedding day, perhaps4 letters, starts with OOMEN
- 77. …3 letters, starts with EETC
- 79. Oui : non :: ja : ___4 letters, starts with NNEIN
- 80. Gregor Mendel?14 letters, starts with SSEEDYCHARACTER
- 83. Hint5 letters, starts with TTRACE
- 85. Gives a thumbs up3 letters, starts with OOKS
- 86. Basic tenet of improv6 letters, starts with YYESAND
- 87. Sister to Lex Luthor4 letters, starts with LLENA
- 88. With love, musically7 letters, starts with AAMOROSO
- 91. A urinal, according to Duchamp3 letters, starts with AART
- 92. Remedies5 letters, starts with CCURES
- 93. Henry Ford?12 letters, starts with DDRIVINGFORCE
- 98. Orville and Wilbur Wright?8 letters, starts with AAIRHEADS
- 100. Give a darn, again?6 letters, starts with RREMEND
- 101. Food and water, e.g.5 letters, starts with NNEEDS
- 103. College located in Cedar Rapids3 letters, starts with CCOE
- 104. "That sounds awful!"3 letters, starts with UUGH
- 105. Noble title4 letters, starts with EEARL
- 108. Bit of letter-shaped hardware5 letters, starts with OORING
- 110. Unexpected endings6 letters, starts with TTWISTS
- 115. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung?9 letters, starts with DDREAMTEAM
- 118. Galileo Galilei?11 letters, starts with SSTARWITNESS
- 120. Genesis4 letters, starts with GGERM
- 121. Roof overhang4 letters, starts with EEAVE
- 122. Weirdly spooky5 letters, starts with EEERIE
- 123. Church staple5 letters, starts with OORGAN
- 124. "Vous ___ ici" (French map phrase)4 letters, starts with EETES
- 125. Part of a wooden bench4 letters, starts with SSLAT
- 126. "In other words," in other words5 letters, starts with IIDEST
- 127. Trips around the sun5 letters, starts with YYEARS
Down
- 1. Solos at a party, say4 letters, starts with CCUPS
- 2. The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"4 letters, starts with OOBOE
- 3. Future birthplace of Captain Kirk4 letters, starts with IIOWA
- 4. Pest whose name is a homophone for what you might do when you see it4 letters, starts with FFLEA
- 5. Gone to great lengths7 letters, starts with SSTRIVEN
- 6. ___ Jima3 letters, starts with IIWO
- 7. One of the Fab Four4 letters, starts with PPAUL
- 8. Jelly you wouldn't pair with peanut butter5 letters, starts with AASPIC
- 9. Arabic greeting and farewell6 letters, starts with SSALAAM
- 10. Canned fuel used in making fondue6 letters, starts with SSTERNO
- 11. Broadcast to squad cars, in brief3 letters, starts with AAPB
- 12. Slim margin of victory4 letters, starts with HHAIR
- 13. One chain x one furlong4 letters, starts with AACRE
- 14. Amelia ___, maid of children's literature7 letters, starts with BBEDELIA
- 15. Its showers bring flowers: Abbr.3 letters, starts with AAPR
- 16. Grant a mortgage, say6 letters, starts with LLOANTO
- 17. Where one's trip begins6 letters, starts with PPOINTA
- 18. "Golly, that's cool!"6 letters, starts with OOHNEAT
- 24. Rock climber's handhold4 letters, starts with CCRAG
- 26. Russian crepes6 letters, starts with BBLINIS
- 29. Starter, perhaps4 letters, starts with SSOUP
- 33. Is felt strongly8 letters, starts with RRUNSDEEP
- 35. Firmly establishes7 letters, starts with EENROOTS
- 37. Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople7 letters, starts with OOGLALAS
- 38. Bite down hard5 letters, starts with CCHOMP
- 39. Musical tool popularized by T-Pain9 letters, starts with AAUTOTUNER
- 40. Personification of England, Scotland and Wales9 letters, starts with BBRITANNIA
- 41. Sets of points, in math4 letters, starts with LLOCI
- 42. "Jeepers creepers!"5 letters, starts with YYIPES
- 44. Pied-à-___5 letters, starts with TTERRE
- 45. Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr.3 letters, starts with AAVE
- 48. Word after you or wanna3 letters, starts with BBET
- 51. "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose"4 letters, starts with AANOD
- 52. Nullify6 letters, starts with NNEGATE
- 53. ___-cat7 letters, starts with SSCAREDY
- 56. Like many Russian housing blocks9 letters, starts with SSOVIETERA
- 57. Made more enticing9 letters, starts with SSWEETENED
- 58. French fashion inits.3 letters, starts with YYSL
- 60. Oldest independent state in the Arab world4 letters, starts with OOMAN
- 61. Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say6 letters, starts with TTIEDYE
- 66. Idealist8 letters, starts with RROMANTIC
- 67. Actress Rowlands4 letters, starts with GGENA
- 69. She-shed's counterpart7 letters, starts with MMANCAVE
- 70. Like some nails found in a drugstore7 letters, starts with PPRESSON
- 72. Geek (out)4 letters, starts with NNERD
- 73. Drone or queen3 letters, starts with AANT
- 75. Want from5 letters, starts with AASKOF
- 76. Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind"5 letters, starts with OOHARA
- 78. Uncouth5 letters, starts with CCRASS
- 81. Farm-share program, for short3 letters, starts with CCSA
- 82. Hint4 letters, starts with CCLUE
- 84. Self-proclaimed "Rap God"6 letters, starts with EEMINEM
- 85. ___ chart3 letters, starts with OORG
- 89. Like many couples at theaters7 letters, starts with OONDATES
- 90. McFlurry flavor4 letters, starts with OOREO
- 92. Something for canines to sink their canines into7 letters, starts with CCHEWTOY
- 93. Toil6 letters, starts with DDRUDGE
- 94. Wish one could take back6 letters, starts with RREGRET
- 95. Arrival announcement6 letters, starts with IIMHERE
- 96. ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen6 letters, starts with CCERSEI
- 97. Like professional publications6 letters, starts with EEDITED
- 99. Indian flatbread4 letters, starts with RROTI
- 102. Trap5 letters, starts with SSNARE
- 106. Not just theoretical4 letters, starts with RREAL
- 107. It runs hot4 letters, starts with LLAVA
- 109. Drab color for una casa4 letters, starts with GGRIS
- 111. Concerning4 letters, starts with IINRE
- 112. Sonic the Hedgehog company4 letters, starts with SSEGA
- 113. Feodor I, for one4 letters, starts with TTSAR
- 114. Taxpayer IDs4 letters, starts with SSSNS
- 116. Morning times, in brief3 letters, starts with AAMS
- 117. Encountered3 letters, starts with MMET
- 119. Kind of nurse or suit3 letters, starts with WWET
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Questions
What is the answer to “___ Jima”?
IWO, 3 letters.
When was “___ Jima” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of December 7, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with I.