Common word with or without an apostrophe Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Common word with or without an apostrophe” from the New York Times crossword of January 26, 2025? It has 4 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, JANUARY 26, 2025
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WERE is the answer to “Common word with or without an apostrophe”. It means to have actuality.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To have actuality.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EWER.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Are in the past?”.
More clues from the New York Times (January 26, 2025)
Across
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- 23. Place for a white picket fence and a mom-and-pop shop10 letters, starts with AANYTOWNUSA
- 25. Aid for using Bluetooth7 letters, starts with EEARCLIP
- 26. Startle4 letters, starts with JJOLT
- 27. Flirt with5 letters, starts with HHITON
- 28. Feel bad3 letters, starts with AAIL
- 29. See 29-Down7 letters, starts with EEATAWAY
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- 37. Water feature created by rising sea levels3 letters, starts with RRIA
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- 40. "What are the ___?"4 letters, starts with OODDS
- 42. See 46-Down8 letters, starts with BBACKSTAB
- 47. Awkward people to butt-dial, perhaps4 letters, starts with EEXES
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- 76. Knee parts, in brief4 letters, starts with AACLS
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- 80. War room briefings, in military shorthand7 letters, starts with SSITREPS
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- 87. See 82-Down8 letters, starts with SSIDESTEP
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Down
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Questions
What is the answer to “Common word with or without an apostrophe”?
WERE, 4 letters: to have actuality.
When was “Common word with or without an apostrophe” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of January 26, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with W.