Drubbing Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Drubbing” from the New York Times crossword of October 11, 2026? 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, OCTOBER 11, 2026
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ROUT is the answer to “Drubbing”. It means to defeat overwhelmingly.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To defeat overwhelmingly.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ORTU.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Decisively defeat”.
More clues from the New York Times (October 11, 2026)
Across
- 1. Easy putt5 letters, starts with TTAPIN
- 6. Clever5 letters, starts with SSMART
- 11. Exam for a future atty.4 letters, starts with LLSAT
- 15. Boulderer's safety item3 letters, starts with PPAD
- 18. Muffin alternative5 letters, starts with SSCONE
- 19. Sea surrounding Mykonos6 letters, starts with AAEGEAN
- 21. Flour in Indian cooking4 letters, starts with AATTA
- 22. "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief3 letters, starts with EELO
- 23. Some "Star Trek" slang?12 letters, starts with KKLINGONLINGO
- 25. Infamous Russian mystic8 letters, starts with RRASPUTIN
- 27. Glow up?3 letters, starts with SSUN
- 28. One might be liquid or frozen5 letters, starts with AASSET
- 29. Street that might run all the way through town4 letters, starts with MMAIN
- 31. Like most autographs5 letters, starts with IINPEN
- 32. French filmmaker Jacques4 letters, starts with TTATI
- 34. Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?14 letters, starts with EEARCANALARCANA
- 38. Depression formed by a volcano's collapse7 letters, starts with CCALDERA
- 41. Did a taxing job?7 letters, starts with AAUDITED
- 42. C.I.A. forerunner3 letters, starts with OOSS
- 43. Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?12 letters, starts with OOVERDIDVERDI
- 46. Mideast leaders5 letters, starts with EEMIRS
- 48. Member of the South Asian diaspora4 letters, starts with DDESI
- 49. Ocho menos uno5 letters, starts with SSIETE
- 50. Berkeley university, familiarly3 letters, starts with CCAL
- 53. Rubber stamp go-with6 letters, starts with IINKPAD
- 56. Many a David Foster Wallace piece5 letters, starts with EESSAY
- 58. Not gross3 letters, starts with NNET
- 59. Wild hogs5 letters, starts with BBOARS
- 61. "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)3 letters, starts with OORO
- 62. Sleuth, slangily3 letters, starts with TTEC
- 64. "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?14 letters, starts with PPAPERCUTAPERCU
- 69. N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author7 letters, starts with JJEMISIN
- 73. Summer in France3 letters, starts with EETE
- 74. Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution7 letters, starts with EELECTOR
- 75. Spark joy?14 letters, starts with EELICITFELICITY
- 80. Educational inst.3 letters, starts with SSCH
- 81. "Feast," in Arabic3 letters, starts with EEID
- 82. Count (up)5 letters, starts with TTALLY
- 83. Slippery swimmer3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 85. Daniel ___ (children's TV character)5 letters, starts with TTIGER
- 89. "The heart of the internet," per its tagline6 letters, starts with RREDDIT
- 91. Handful3 letters, starts with FFEW
- 93. Those opposed5 letters, starts with AANTIS
- 95. Animated explorer4 letters, starts with DDORA
- 96. Cornea-reshaping surgery5 letters, starts with LLASIK
- 98. Diwali or Holi?12 letters, starts with HHINDISHINDIG
- 101. Queen ___ (pop nickname)3 letters, starts with BBEY
- 102. Bouncing7 letters, starts with OOUSTING
- 105. Some hair products7 letters, starts with PPOMADES
- 106. Like the world's worst demolition company?14 letters, starts with LLASTINBLASTING
- 110. Rose bowl?4 letters, starts with VVASE
- 111. Status after a leadoff walk5 letters, starts with OONEON
- 112. Drubbing4 letters, starts with RROUT
- 113. Wibbly-wobbly5 letters, starts with AAREEL
- 115. Hot stone massage location3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 118. Take a risk8 letters, starts with CCHANCEIT
- 120. A whole bunch of ocean detritus?12 letters, starts with LLOTSAFLOTSAM
- 124. Tsp. or tbsp.3 letters, starts with AAMT
- 125. Triumphal monument shape4 letters, starts with AARCH
- 126. Off-target6 letters, starts with EERRANT
- 127. Family girl5 letters, starts with NNIECE
- 128. Fleur-de-___3 letters, starts with LLIS
- 129. Luxury goods retailer since 18674 letters, starts with SSAKS
- 130. Needlessly adorns, in an idiom5 letters, starts with GGILDS
- 131. Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied5 letters, starts with EESSEX
Down
- 1. Disapproving sounds4 letters, starts with TTSKS
- 2. "Dissent is patriotic" grp.4 letters, starts with AACLU
- 3. Anti-matter?9 letters, starts with PPOINTLESS
- 4. Overnight stop3 letters, starts with IINN
- 5. Made irrelevant7 letters, starts with NNEGATED
- 6. ___ serif4 letters, starts with SSANS
- 7. Free-for-all5 letters, starts with MMELEE
- 8. Stress-induced discomfort5 letters, starts with AAGITA
- 9. Stimpy's TV partner3 letters, starts with RREN
- 10. Make it?3 letters, starts with TTAG
- 11. Roundup rope6 letters, starts with LLARIAT
- 12. Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four7 letters, starts with SSTANLEE
- 13. Calls out on social media, slangily3 letters, starts with AATS
- 14. Odd-toed ungulate5 letters, starts with TTAPIR
- 15. Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat11 letters, starts with PPETPASSPORT
- 16. Many characters in Pixar's "Elio"6 letters, starts with AALIENS
- 17. "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis5 letters, starts with DDONNA
- 20. Rootless7 letters, starts with NNOMADIC
- 24. Green Egyptian god6 letters, starts with OOSIRIS
- 26. Get into, as a cab, say6 letters, starts with UUNCORK
- 30. DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown"3 letters, starts with AANI
- 33. Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean8 letters, starts with AADRIATIC
- 35. Like a blue moon or blue steak4 letters, starts with RRARE
- 36. Something to chew on3 letters, starts with CCUD
- 37. Ship brass8 letters, starts with AADMIRALS
- 38. Work with Python, say4 letters, starts with CCODE
- 39. Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr.4 letters, starts with AAVES
- 40. Tennis score following deuce4 letters, starts with AADIN
- 44. Second-in-command4 letters, starts with VVEEP
- 45. ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid4 letters, starts with EETTA
- 47. Closely examine7 letters, starts with IINSPECT
- 51. "Dancing With the Stars" network3 letters, starts with AABC
- 52. Cardinals legend Brock3 letters, starts with LLOU
- 54. With the bow, in music4 letters, starts with AARCO
- 55. Sullen4 letters, starts with DDOUR
- 57. "Indeed!"7 letters, starts with YYESITIS
- 60. Performed exceptionally, in slang3 letters, starts with AATE
- 63. Bibliography listing8 letters, starts with CCITATION
- 65. Louvre Pyramid architect3 letters, starts with PPEI
- 66. Mail Boxes ___3 letters, starts with EETC
- 67. Chain that sells climbing gear3 letters, starts with RREI
- 68. Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses8 letters, starts with EECHIDNAS
- 69. Mocking cry4 letters, starts with JJEER
- 70. "Night" memoirist Wiesel4 letters, starts with EELIE
- 71. They might be the last to be booked on an airplane11 letters, starts with MMIDDLESEATS
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- 76. Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell3 letters, starts with EELF
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- 84. Speech therapist's target4 letters, starts with LLISP
- 86. Frigg and Freyja, e.g.9 letters, starts with GGODDESSES
- 87. One of the Great Lakes4 letters, starts with EERIE
- 88. Cleaning cloths4 letters, starts with RRAGS
- 90. Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers6 letters, starts with DDAYTON
- 92. Train sound7 letters, starts with WWHISTLE
- 93. Home services website4 letters, starts with AANGI
- 94. Dig up dirt, say6 letters, starts with SSHOVEL
- 97. "Barry Lyndon" director7 letters, starts with KKUBRICK
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- 104. Capital of ancient Troy?3 letters, starts with TTAU
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- 108. Like some allergy sprays5 letters, starts with NNASAL
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- 119. Flop ___ (period of failure)3 letters, starts with EERA
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Questions
What is the answer to “Drubbing”?
ROUT, 4 letters: to defeat overwhelmingly.
When was “Drubbing” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of October 11, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with R.