"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale) Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)” from the New York Times crossword of April 20, 2025? It has 6 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, APRIL 20, 2025
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STREGA is the answer to “"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 6-letter answer that starts with S.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: RTSAGE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with S and ends with A.
More clues from the New York Times (April 20, 2025)
Across
- 1. Van Winkle of folklore3 letters, starts with RRIP
- 4. Engages in playful fisticuffs5 letters, starts with SSPARS
- 9. Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts6 letters, starts with SSBARRO
- 15. Strip for breakfast5 letters, starts with BBACON
- 20. Game with a Reverse card3 letters, starts with UUNO
- 21. Impressive display5 letters, starts with AARRAY
- 22. Suggest6 letters, starts with HHINTAT
- 23. "I might surprise you"5 letters, starts with TTRYME
- 24. "___ all good"3 letters, starts with IITS
- 25. Group that Tiger hires to install wall art?18 letters, starts with WWOODSWOODSCREWCREW
- 28. Out of shape6 letters, starts with NNOTFIT
- 30. Frets5 letters, starts with SSTEWS
- 31. ___-fisted3 letters, starts with HHAM
- 32. Corduroy fabric feature4 letters, starts with WWALE
- 33. Thinks out loud6 letters, starts with OOPINES
- 35. Train7 letters, starts with EEDUCATE
- 38. First game of the season6 letters, starts with OOPENER
- 40. It smells4 letters, starts with OODOR
- 41. Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?16 letters, starts with SSPAMSPAMALOTALOT
- 44. Begrudged8 letters, starts with RRESENTED
- 46. Zippo3 letters, starts with NNIL
- 47. Creeping Charlie, e.g.4 letters, starts with WWEED
- 48. ___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark)5 letters, starts with BBETSY
- 49. Honcho5 letters, starts with NNABOB
- 53. Mob enforcer4 letters, starts with GGOON
- 55. Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis5 letters, starts with AASWAN
- 59. Hands-on business3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 60. Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage?14 letters, starts with MMADMADISONISON
- 64. Med. benefit option, in brief3 letters, starts with HHMO
- 65. Divides4 letters, starts with GGAPS
- 67. Leggy shorebird5 letters, starts with SSTILT
- 68. Captain Jean-___ Picard3 letters, starts with LLUC
- 69. Really stands out4 letters, starts with PPOPS
- 70. Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis7 letters, starts with OOVERHIT
- 73. Sound-asleep sounds6 letters, starts with SSNORES
- 76. Objective7 letters, starts with PPURPOSE
- 78. Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera4 letters, starts with DDEAF
- 79. Common file extension3 letters, starts with DDOC
- 81. Set off5 letters, starts with BBEGAN
- 83. MGM founder Marcus4 letters, starts with LLOEW
- 84. Like, in slang3 letters, starts with DDIG
- 85. Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear?14 letters, starts with DDEMDEMAGOGAGOG
- 89. "You ___ me at hello"3 letters, starts with HHAD
- 92. Ugly expression5 letters, starts with SSNEER
- 94. Laser therapy target4 letters, starts with AACNE
- 95. Roasted or grilled, in Spanish5 letters, starts with AASADA
- 96. Liver spot?5 letters, starts with AABODE
- 98. Food for a woodpecker4 letters, starts with SSUET
- 100. Drain3 letters, starts with SSAP
- 102. Smitten person's declaration8 letters, starts with IIMINLOVE
- 104. Pharmacist comes through for customers?16 letters, starts with PPROPROCURESCURES
- 110. Kind of column4 letters, starts with OOPED
- 111. Hang around6 letters, starts with LLOITER
- 112. Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s7 letters, starts with HHEATHER
- 113. Sign up for again6 letters, starts with RREJOIN
- 115. Word on some Renaissance Faire signage4 letters, starts with OOLDE
- 116. Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short3 letters, starts with EERA
- 118. Mother of Perseus5 letters, starts with DDANAE
- 120. Recover from fainting6 letters, starts with CCOMETO
- 122. Editor's strike?18 letters, starts with RREDREDACTIONACTION
- 127. Young boxer, say3 letters, starts with PPUP
- 128. Some Surrealist paintings5 letters, starts with DDALIS
- 129. What very punctual people arrive on6 letters, starts with TTHEDOT
- 130. Wildly silly5 letters, starts with IINANE
- 131. Portfolio piece, for short3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 132. C-suite figures5 letters, starts with EEXECS
- 133. Subject of a negotiation6 letters, starts with SSALARY
- 134. Territories5 letters, starts with LLANDS
- 135. Jellied fish in an English dish3 letters, starts with EEEL
Down
- 1. Wreck4 letters, starts with RRUIN
- 2. Past the point of no return9 letters, starts with IINTOODEEP
- 3. Email era?14 letters, starts with PPOSTPOSTAGEAGE
- 4. Welcomed at the door5 letters, starts with SSAWIN
- 5. Stand against7 letters, starts with PPROTEST
- 6. Certain queer identity, for short3 letters, starts with AARO
- 7. X-ray doses4 letters, starts with RRADS
- 8. Way6 letters, starts with SSYSTEM
- 9. Make an appearance6 letters, starts with SSHOWUP
- 10. Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation7 letters, starts with BBIOSCAN
- 11. "... so?"3 letters, starts with AAND
- 12. Offensive linemen, for short3 letters, starts with RRTS
- 13. Friend on "Friends"6 letters, starts with RRACHEL
- 14. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)4 letters, starts with OOTRA
- 15. Start of a tangent, in a text3 letters, starts with BBTW
- 16. Makeup of some metallic bonds8 letters, starts with AARCWELDS
- 17. Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play6 letters, starts with CCYRANO
- 18. Serving at a breakfast buffet6 letters, starts with OOMELET
- 19. More up-to-the-minute5 letters, starts with NNEWER
- 26. Unites4 letters, starts with WWEDS
- 27. Play for the camera, say5 letters, starts with EEMOTE
- 29. Gives the (pink) slip5 letters, starts with FFIRES
- 34. Go on a spree5 letters, starts with SSPEND
- 36. Bud5 letters, starts with AAMIGO
- 37. It's quite gripping5 letters, starts with TTALON
- 39. Song of thanksgiving5 letters, starts with PPAEAN
- 40. Globes4 letters, starts with OORBS
- 42. ___ apple5 letters, starts with AADAMS
- 43. Cops (to)6 letters, starts with OOWNSUP
- 45. Juvenile locust5 letters, starts with NNYMPH
- 50. They hang around a lot4 letters, starts with BBATS
- 51. One-eyed Norse god4 letters, starts with OODIN
- 52. Ginkgo ___ (tree species)6 letters, starts with BBILOBA
- 54. Frying need3 letters, starts with OOIL
- 56. "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?14 letters, starts with WWHOOWHOOPIEPIE
- 57. Music boxes?4 letters, starts with AAMPS
- 58. Prominent feature of 17-Down4 letters, starts with NNOSE
- 61. One might start "Incidentally …"5 letters, starts with AASIDE
- 62. "___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)6 letters, starts with SSTREGA
- 63. Eye: Prefix5 letters, starts with OOCULO
- 66. Pound sound3 letters, starts with AARF
- 69. Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief3 letters, starts with PPPE
- 70. They're short for a favorite4 letters, starts with OODDS
- 71. Blood line4 letters, starts with VVEIN
- 72. Common salad add-in6 letters, starts with TTOMATO
- 74. Big heads4 letters, starts with EEGOS
- 75. Long tale4 letters, starts with SSAGA
- 77. "Fear Factor" host Joe5 letters, starts with RROGAN
- 80. Public health org.3 letters, starts with CCDC
- 82. Low point5 letters, starts with NNADIR
- 85. Peach or plum, botanically5 letters, starts with DDRUPE
- 86. Come after5 letters, starts with EENSUE
- 87. Anne of classic comedy5 letters, starts with MMEARA
- 88. One trying to level up, often5 letters, starts with GGAMER
- 90. Thrill-seeker's pursuit9 letters, starts with AADVENTURE
- 91. It is done4 letters, starts with DDEED
- 93. Like much tax law or ancient philosophy8 letters, starts with EESOTERIC
- 97. Nursery sight5 letters, starts with BBLOOM
- 99. Got it wrong5 letters, starts with EERRED
- 101. Little flap, maybe7 letters, starts with PPETDOOR
- 103. Support line?7 letters, starts with IISECOND
- 104. Weapon similar to a halberd6 letters, starts with PPOLEAX
- 105. Brain twister6 letters, starts with RRIDDLE
- 106. Cuban dance style6 letters, starts with CCHACHA
- 107. "Drunken Sailor," e.g.6 letters, starts with SSHANTY
- 108. Wrestler-turned-actor John4 letters, starts with CCENA
- 109. RNA base6 letters, starts with UURACIL
- 111. Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power"5 letters, starts with LLORDE
- 114. Hanker (for)5 letters, starts with JJONES
- 117. "Dagnabbit!"4 letters, starts with RRATS
- 119. Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth4 letters, starts with EETNA
- 121. Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone4 letters, starts with OOPAL
- 123. Twisty curve3 letters, starts with EESS
- 124. Abbr. on a business card3 letters, starts with TTEL
- 125. Rocky Mountain state: Abbr.3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 126. Actor Somerhalder3 letters, starts with IIAN
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Questions
What is the answer to “"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)”?
STREGA, 6 letters.
When was “"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of April 20, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with S.