___-wolf Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “___-wolf” from the New York Times crossword of September 13, 2026? 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, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026
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SHE is the answer to “___-wolf”. It means a female person.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A female person.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EHS.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “2011 platinum single by Tyler, the Creator”.
More clues from the New York Times (September 13, 2026)
Across
- 1. Less injurious5 letters, starts with SSAFER
- 6. Showed some real malice toward6 letters, starts with SSPATAT
- 12. Mideast currency5 letters, starts with DDINAR
- 17. Landscaper's timesaver3 letters, starts with SSOD
- 20. "Well, how about that?!"5 letters, starts with IILLBE
- 21. Practice taught in a dojo6 letters, starts with KKARATE
- 22. Combined5 letters, starts with IINONE
- 23. Computer's "brain," in brief3 letters, starts with CCPU
- 24. Certain group of orchestral winds12 letters, starts with FFLUTESECTION
- 26. Large insect named from Greek myth9 letters, starts with AATLASMOTH
- 28. Yank3 letters, starts with TTUG
- 29. Hook for a newspaper article4 letters, starts with LLEDE
- 30. Forerunners of CDs3 letters, starts with LLPS
- 31. New start?3 letters, starts with NNEO
- 32. Nautical lever3 letters, starts with OOAR
- 33. "De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.)4 letters, starts with EERES
- 35. Rope in5 letters, starts with LLASSO
- 37. Mechanic's offering10 letters, starts with CCARSERVICE
- 41. Told, as a story7 letters, starts with RRELATED
- 43. Special offer5 letters, starts with PPROMO
- 46. Turn from solid to liquid4 letters, starts with MMELT
- 47. Diamond, e.g.3 letters, starts with GGEM
- 48. Santa Fe automaker7 letters, starts with HHYUNDAI
- 50. Two of them make up a diameter5 letters, starts with RRADII
- 52. Chilling6 letters, starts with AATEASE
- 54. Frat ___3 letters, starts with BBRO
- 56. Sharp nail5 letters, starts with TTALON
- 57. Group project on a winter's day, perhaps12 letters, starts with GGIANTSNOWMAN
- 59. What snobby people put on4 letters, starts with AAIRS
- 61. ___ Simmons, founding member of Kiss4 letters, starts with GGENE
- 62. Missouri airport code3 letters, starts with SSTL
- 63. Highly anomalous5 letters, starts with WWEIRD
- 64. Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend8 letters, starts with MMONKMODE
- 66. [24-Across]4 letters, starts with SSTEM
- 70. Rake in4 letters, starts with EEARN
- 72. Enthusiastic response to "Who's ready?"3 letters, starts with IIAM
- 73. [37-Across]4 letters, starts with TTAXI
- 74. Celebration between Xmas and M.L.K. Day3 letters, starts with NNYE
- 75. Classic Dalmatian name4 letters, starts with SSPOT
- 79. "Am I invisible or what?!"8 letters, starts with NNOTICEME
- 84. [41-Across]4 letters, starts with AAKIN
- 85. Airport screening org.3 letters, starts with TTSA
- 86. Another name for Vishnu, translating to "the remover"4 letters, starts with HHARI
- 87. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen"4 letters, starts with EEVAN
- 88. Mellow, in a way3 letters, starts with ZZEN
- 89. [57-Across]4 letters, starts with YYETI
- 90. Prompts to play, while conducting6 letters, starts with CCUESIN
- 92. Largest zodiac constellation5 letters, starts with VVIRGO
- 94. Privacy doc3 letters, starts with NNDA
- 96. Material in reusable diapers5 letters, starts with CCLOTH
- 99. Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me"3 letters, starts with SSOS
- 100. Tonsil doc3 letters, starts with EENT
- 101. Baby fox3 letters, starts with KKIT
- 103. Pioneering premium channel3 letters, starts with HHBO
- 106. Pole, e.g.4 letters, starts with SSLAV
- 107. Advantageous5 letters, starts with UUTILE
- 109. Qualm11 letters, starts with RRESERVATION
- 112. Plot feature of "Planet of the Apes"10 letters, starts with TTIMETRAVEL
- 114. Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites5 letters, starts with PPABLO
- 115. Suitable11 letters, starts with AAPPROPRIATE
- 117. Source of the word "tuk-tuk" used for a motorized rickshaw4 letters, starts with TTHAI
- 120. Crumb carriers4 letters, starts with AANTS
- 122. "What ___ we doing?"3 letters, starts with AARE
- 123. Took a load off3 letters, starts with SSAT
- 124. Cousins of cobras4 letters, starts with AASPS
- 127. "Good job!"7 letters, starts with WWAYTOGO
- 129. Absorbent6 letters, starts with PPOROUS
- 132. Cell network letters3 letters, starts with LLTE
- 134. Co-Stooge of Larry3 letters, starts with MMOE
- 135. Reply to "Nuh-uh!"5 letters, starts with IISTOO
- 136. 1990s exercise fad5 letters, starts with TTAEBO
- 138. Descended with rappelling ropes10 letters, starts with SSCALEDDOWN
- 141. Step forcefully5 letters, starts with SSTOMP
- 142. Alternative to a username when logging in5 letters, starts with EEMAIL
- 143. 1,000,000,000 years3 letters, starts with EEON
- 144. Stank6 letters, starts with RREEKED
- 145. Builds muscle5 letters, starts with TTONES
- 146. Period of letting loose5 letters, starts with SSPREE
- 147. Abbr. after some business names3 letters, starts with LLTD
- 148. Looks of contempt6 letters, starts with SSNEERS
Down
- 1. Flour de-clumper6 letters, starts with SSIFTER
- 2. Intriguing appeal6 letters, starts with AALLURE
- 3. Cornet lookalike10 letters, starts with FFLUGELHORN
- 4. Food assistance syst.3 letters, starts with EEBT
- 5. Easily recite, with "off"4 letters, starts with RREEL
- 6. Scampered away10 letters, starts with SSKEDADDLED
- 7. Walks nervously, in a way5 letters, starts with PPACES
- 8. Jazz drummer Blakey3 letters, starts with AART
- 9. Customize (to)6 letters, starts with TTAILOR
- 10. Over4 letters, starts with AATOP
- 11. Stunners, so to speak4 letters, starts with TTENS
- 12. William and Harry's mum5 letters, starts with DDIANA
- 13. Occasional12 letters, starts with IINTERMITTENT
- 14. Like choices that can't turn out that badly6 letters, starts with NNOLOSE
- 15. Japan's largest carrier3 letters, starts with AANA
- 16. Locale with many seasonal businesses10 letters, starts with RRESORTTOWN
- 17. Previously unseen sporting result (term coined in 2014)9 letters, starts with SSCORIGAMI
- 18. Pick, with "for"3 letters, starts with OOPT
- 19. "That's obvious!"3 letters, starts with DDUH
- 25. Mabel Mora's portrayer on "Only Murders in the Building"11 letters, starts with SSELENAGOMEZ
- 27. Dallas baller3 letters, starts with MMAV
- 34. Use your words?3 letters, starts with SSAY
- 36. Central support5 letters, starts with SSPINE
- 37. Concluding passage, in music4 letters, starts with CCODA
- 38. Enthusiasm4 letters, starts with EELAN
- 39. French film award5 letters, starts with CCESAR
- 40. Reword, perhaps5 letters, starts with EEMEND
- 42. Child king of Egypt3 letters, starts with TTUT
- 44. URL ender for many nonprofits3 letters, starts with OORG
- 45. ___ tai3 letters, starts with MMAI
- 49. Primo4 letters, starts with AAONE
- 51. Hookups3 letters, starts with IINS
- 53. Isle of ___ (Scottish locale whose name sounds like an expression of endearment)3 letters, starts with EEWE
- 54. Sound of impact3 letters, starts with BBAM
- 55. Home of the Christ the Redeemer statue3 letters, starts with RRIO
- 58. Brings the house down, like a comic5 letters, starts with SSLAYS
- 60. Moving between the poles?6 letters, starts with SSKIING
- 65. Computer covered by AppleCare3 letters, starts with MMAC
- 66. [109-Across]4 letters, starts with SSTAY
- 67. [115-Across]4 letters, starts with TTAKE
- 68. [127-Across]4 letters, starts with EEXIT
- 69. [138-Across]4 letters, starts with MMINI
- 71. What acids do when mixed with bases5 letters, starts with RREACT
- 75. ___-wolf3 letters, starts with SSHE
- 76. Secondhand lung irritant12 letters, starts with PPASSIVESMOKE
- 77. Bird whose name comes from the Latin for "golden"6 letters, starts with OORIOLE
- 78. Glittery holiday strands6 letters, starts with TTINSEL
- 79. Not even once5 letters, starts with NNEVER
- 80. Sheeplike5 letters, starts with OOVINE
- 81. Pastries that can be very sweet, ironically5 letters, starts with TTARTS
- 82. Tucked-away observations11 letters, starts with MMENTALNOTES
- 83. Conclude3 letters, starts with EEND
- 91. Shipmate of Spock5 letters, starts with UUHURA
- 93. Pods in bhindi masala4 letters, starts with OOKRA
- 95. Yellowfin tuna3 letters, starts with AAHI
- 96. Advertising award4 letters, starts with CCLIO
- 97. Home décor options5 letters, starts with LLAMPS
- 98. As a whole7 letters, starts with OOVERALL
- 102. Hookup during infusion therapy, in brief5 letters, starts with IIVBAG
- 104. Mardi Gras accessory3 letters, starts with BBOA
- 105. Released with conditions8 letters, starts with OONPAROLE
- 106. Topping for an apple crisp8 letters, starts with SSTREUSEL
- 108. "Toodles!"4 letters, starts with TTATA
- 110. Embodiment7 letters, starts with EEPITOME
- 111. Young 'un3 letters, starts with TTOT
- 113. Snickers7 letters, starts with TTITTERS
- 116. Expert3 letters, starts with PPRO
- 117. Soft-serve request5 letters, starts with TTWIST
- 118. Must5 letters, starts with HHASTO
- 119. Deandre ___, N.B.A. center who was picked first in the 2018 draft5 letters, starts with AAYTON
- 121. Weapon used by some chimpanzees5 letters, starts with SSPEAR
- 125. Lead-in to grid or play5 letters, starts with PPOWER
- 126. Puts in the mail5 letters, starts with SSENDS
- 128. "My bad!"4 letters, starts with OOOPS
- 130. Off Broadway award4 letters, starts with OOBIE
- 131. ___-free4 letters, starts with SSCOT
- 133. Heaven on earth4 letters, starts with EEDEN
- 137. Boomer at a concert3 letters, starts with AAMP
- 139. It's sometimes shortened to the letter "N"3 letters, starts with AAND
- 140. Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"3 letters, starts with DDEE
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on February 22, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “___-wolf”?
SHE, 3 letters: a female person.
When was “___-wolf” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of September 13, 2026, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with S.