Former big name in browsers Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Former big name in browsers” from the New York Times crossword of December 21, 2025? It has 8 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, DECEMBER 21, 2025
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NETSCAPE is the answer to “Former big name in browsers”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 8-letter answer that starts with N.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ECETANSP.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with N and ends with E.
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Across
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- 20. Game piece made of four squares9 letters, starts with TTETROMINO
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- 22. Skulks6 letters, starts with PPROWLS
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- 24. "Doggone it!"4 letters, starts with DDARN
- 25. Treatment6 letters, starts with RREMEDY
- 26. Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant4 letters, starts with AANIL
- 27. Wrangler alternative3 letters, starts with LLEE
- 28. Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers8 letters, starts with SSUNROSES
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- 32. When Aries transitions to Taurus5 letters, starts with AAPRIL
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- 35. "I'll pass"3 letters, starts with NNAH
- 36. Input of certain mining4 letters, starts with DDATA
- 38. Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"7 letters, starts with RRICARDO
- 40. Timer setting4 letters, starts with OOVEN
- 42. Areas of influence7 letters, starts with SSPHERES
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- 46. Fraudulently make seem like6 letters, starts with PPALMOFFAS
- 48. Covers completely5 letters, starts with CCOATS
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- 51. Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps9 letters, starts with RREBRANDED
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- 56. Yellow avenue in Monopoly7 letters, starts with VVENTNOR
- 58. A bit off, say6 letters, starts with OONSALE
- 59. Hyatt alternative4 letters, starts with OOMNI
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- 65. Former big name in browsers8 letters, starts with NNETSCAPE
- 67. U.F.O.-watching org.4 letters, starts with SSETI
- 68. By way of, informally4 letters, starts with TTHRU
- 70. Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)4 letters, starts with SSABE
- 71. Sailor's patron4 letters, starts with SSTELMO
- 72. Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess8 letters, starts with RRHIANNON
- 76. Daddy3 letters, starts with PPOP
- 79. Eponymous British financier James ___7 letters, starts with BBARCLAY
- 81. By saying this you mean well4 letters, starts with BBIEN
- 82. Wrap seller4 letters, starts with DDELI
- 83. Adopted, as a pet6 letters, starts with TTOOKIN
- 85. Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say7 letters, starts with LLAYFLAT
- 87. Developed, as baby teeth6 letters, starts with GGREWIN
- 89. Sci-fi miniaturizer9 letters, starts with SSHRINKRAY
- 91. Emanations5 letters, starts with AAURAS
- 93. Boldly face5 letters, starts with BBRAVE
- 94. Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.6 letters, starts with CCAESAR
- 95. Guardians, on a scoreboard3 letters, starts with CCLE
- 96. Bit of birdspeak7 letters, starts with CCHITTER
- 98. Damp, mildewy quality4 letters, starts with MMUST
- 99. They hold water7 letters, starts with VVESSELS
- 102. Silence4 letters, starts with HHUSH
- 103. Lying faceup3 letters, starts with SSUPINE
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- 105. Air5 letters, starts with EETHER
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- 111. A little help?3 letters, starts with EELF
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- 121. Reply after having one's memory jogged6 letters, starts with YYESYES
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- 123. "What's done is done!"9 letters, starts with GGETOVERIT
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Questions
What is the answer to “Former big name in browsers”?
NETSCAPE, 8 letters.
When was “Former big name in browsers” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of December 21, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
8 letters, starting with N.