Bad thing to discover in the pantry Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Bad thing to discover in the pantry” from the New York Times crossword of September 28, 2025? It has 5 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 28, 2025
Tap a tile to see one letter, or show the whole answer.
SMELL is the answer to “Bad thing to discover in the pantry”. It means to perceive by means of the olfactory nerves.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To perceive by means of the olfactory nerves.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: MLESL.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Aroma”.
More clues from the New York Times (September 28, 2025)
Across
- 1. Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware")6 letters, starts with EEMPTOR
- 7. Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking7 letters, starts with PPAPRIKA
- 14. Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body6 letters, starts with IICEMAN
- 20. Arizona county or Indigenous people6 letters, starts with MMOHAVE
- 21. Tries some water, say7 letters, starts with HHASASIP
- 22. Like a win-win situation6 letters, starts with NNOLOSE
- 23. ___ law, concept in computing technology6 letters, starts with MMOORES
- 24. Alternative to a nanny7 letters, starts with DDAYCARE
- 25. Fire starters6 letters, starts with FFLINTS
- 26. Contents of a flagon3 letters, starts with AALE
- 27. Ole Miss athletes, to fans4 letters, starts with RREBS
- 29. X3 letters, starts with CCHI
- 30. ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom4 letters, starts with DDRED
- 32. Org. not getting many happy returns?3 letters, starts with IIRS
- 33. Remove surgically, as tissue6 letters, starts with AABLATE
- 35. "They tell me …"5 letters, starts with IIHEAR
- 37. Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon6 letters, starts with EEROICA
- 39. Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush6 letters, starts with HHEALTH
- 40. Sprawling Indian metropolis5 letters, starts with DDELHI
- 41. Like some bridges6 letters, starts with DDENTAL
- 42. "Let me check on that"6 letters, starts with IILLASK
- 44. Expiates, with "for"6 letters, starts with AATONES
- 46. Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter4 letters, starts with EEVAN
- 49. Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across3 letters, starts with EEVA
- 50. Rap battle participants3 letters, starts with MMCS
- 53. Tampa Bay athlete, in brief3 letters, starts with BBUC
- 54. Twists off course, as a ship4 letters, starts with YYAWS
- 58. Witch3 letters, starts with HHAG
- 59. Exploited4 letters, starts with UUSED
- 60. "Weekend Update" co-host Michael3 letters, starts with CCHE
- 61. All over again4 letters, starts with AANEW
- 63. ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images3 letters, starts with GGEO
- 64. Where a hurricane forms5 letters, starts with OOCEAN
- 66. Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps9 letters, starts with SSENDACARD
- 69. At dawn, say5 letters, starts with EEARLY
- 71. Mammal with long whiskers6 letters, starts with WWALRUS
- 73. Extra5 letters, starts with BBONUS
- 74. They stand for art6 letters, starts with EEASELS
- 75. Called6 letters, starts with TTERMED
- 77. ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"5 letters, starts with AANDRA
- 78. Celebrity chef Ina6 letters, starts with GGARTEN
- 79. Demanding entertainer4 letters, starts with DDIVA
- 80. X3 letters, starts with TTEN
- 82. He was né Clay3 letters, starts with AALI
- 83. Watchdog's warning3 letters, starts with GGRR
- 84. Words of understanding4 letters, starts with IISEE
- 86. Outback baby4 letters, starts with JJOEY
- 87. Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain3 letters, starts with UUFO
- 88. Do-over at Wimbledon3 letters, starts with LLET
- 89. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 90. Sewer in American history4 letters, starts with RROSS
- 91. "Weekend Update" show, for short3 letters, starts with SSNL
- 92. Zipped4 letters, starts with SSPED
- 93. Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol3 letters, starts with DDRY
- 94. Not present and not excused, for short4 letters, starts with AAWOL
- 96. Foreign policy grp.3 letters, starts with NNSC
- 97. Brezhnev of the Soviet Union6 letters, starts with LLEONID
- 99. Cherokee and Cheyenne6 letters, starts with TTRIBES
- 101. Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle19 letters, starts with FFRIENDSWITHBENEFITS
- 108. Starbucks competitor5 letters, starts with PPEETS
- 109. Spot for an ornament7 letters, starts with CCARHOOD
- 110. Giants in California and New York5 letters, starts with TTEAMS
- 112. "Beat it!"7 letters, starts with AAMSCRAY
- 115. Actor Wilson of "The Office"5 letters, starts with RRAINN
- 116. Rye, e.g.7 letters, starts with WWHISKEY
- 118. "Wouldn't miss it for the world!"7 letters, starts with IIMTHERE
- 119. Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times5 letters, starts with FFINED
- 120. Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma7 letters, starts with WWESTELM
- 121. Lives (in)7 letters, starts with RRESIDES
- 122. Iditarod transports5 letters, starts with SSLEDS
- 123. Involves7 letters, starts with EENTAILS
Down
- 1. Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition"4 letters, starts with EEMMA
- 2. Dough6 letters, starts with MMOOLAH
- 3. Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek6 letters, starts with PPHOEBE
- 4. Driveway goo3 letters, starts with TTAR
- 5. As a whole7 letters, starts with OOVERALL
- 6. Moves elsewhere9 letters, starts with RRESETTLES
- 7. Tenured profs, often4 letters, starts with PPHDS
- 8. Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery3 letters, starts with AAAA
- 9. It's all in your head6 letters, starts with PPSYCHE
- 10. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible6 letters, starts with RRACHEL
- 11. Book after Song of Solomon6 letters, starts with IISAIAH
- 12. French cocktail made with crème de cassis3 letters, starts with KKIR
- 13. Mirrored4 letters, starts with AAPED
- 14. Reasoned conclusion9 letters, starts with IINFERENCE
- 15. Brewski7 letters, starts with CCOLDONE
- 16. Bulldog fan in Connecticut3 letters, starts with EELI
- 17. Santa ___6 letters, starts with MMONICA
- 18. Stellar6 letters, starts with AASTRAL
- 19. Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco4 letters, starts with NNESS
- 28. Minds one's P's and Q's7 letters, starts with BBEHAVES
- 31. Contribute (to), as one's reputation7 letters, starts with RREDOUND
- 34. Been asleep, say4 letters, starts with LLAIN
- 35. Texter's "Beats me"3 letters, starts with IIDK
- 36. Small inlet3 letters, starts with RRIA
- 38. Li'l4 letters, starts with IITSY
- 43. One-named singer born in Nigeria4 letters, starts with SSADE
- 45. Skier's conveyance4 letters, starts with TTBAR
- 46. Online site for D.I.Y.ers4 letters, starts with EEHOW
- 47. Time out, perhaps8 letters, starts with VVACATION
- 48. Info commonly shown on a board game box8 letters, starts with AAGELEVEL
- 50. Clown around with food?8 letters, starts with MMCDONALD
- 51. City SE of Phoenix8 letters, starts with CCHANDLER
- 52. Purpose of some cameras8 letters, starts with SSECURITY
- 55. Reaches a shared opinion about8 letters, starts with AAGREESON
- 56. Holistic contentment8 letters, starts with WWELLNESS
- 57. Some beans or sauces4 letters, starts with SSOYS
- 59. "E pluribus ___"4 letters, starts with UUNUM
- 62. Sport4 letters, starts with WWEAR
- 65. Matrix5 letters, starts with AARRAY
- 67. Sun bloc?3 letters, starts with NNBA
- 68. Pretty ___ picture3 letters, starts with AASA
- 70. Moving around5 letters, starts with AASTIR
- 72. Attack7 letters, starts with SSETUPON
- 74. You can put a ring on it7 letters, starts with EEARLOBE
- 76. Back6 letters, starts with DDEFEND
- 78. Came back, as hair6 letters, starts with GGREWIN
- 79. Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally3 letters, starts with DDJS
- 81. Error message on a Blu-ray device6 letters, starts with NNODISC
- 83. Targeted (to)6 letters, starts with GGEARED
- 85. Key for a quick exit3 letters, starts with EESC
- 92. Boils with rage7 letters, starts with SSEESRED
- 95. Liberal-leaning7 letters, starts with LLEFTIST
- 97. Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit6 letters, starts with LLITCHI
- 98. Makes small in comparison6 letters, starts with DDWARFS
- 99. Government debt obligations, familiarly6 letters, starts with TTBONDS
- 100. 40 winks6 letters, starts with SSIESTA
- 101. ___ fatale5 letters, starts with FFEMME
- 102. Gets 40 winks5 letters, starts with RRESTS
- 103. Letter-shaped train track piece5 letters, starts with IIRAIL
- 104. "To ___ own self be true"5 letters, starts with TTHINE
- 105. Sharpened5 letters, starts with HHONED
- 106. George of "Star Trek"5 letters, starts with TTAKEI
- 107. Bad thing to discover in the pantry5 letters, starts with SSMELL
- 108. AA or JJ, e.g.4 letters, starts with PPAIR
- 111. Jazz singer Sylvia ___4 letters, starts with SSYMS
- 113. Come to3 letters, starts with AARE
- 114. "For sure"3 letters, starts with YYES
- 116. Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 20233 letters, starts with WWWE
- 117. Kind of party3 letters, starts with HHEN
Fresh clues from recent puzzles
Questions
What is the answer to “Bad thing to discover in the pantry”?
SMELL, 5 letters: to perceive by means of the olfactory nerves.
When was “Bad thing to discover in the pantry” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of September 28, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with S.