Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers? Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers?” from the New York Times crossword of June 16, 2025? 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, JUNE 16, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the New York Times (June 16, 2025)

Across

1. Three-player trick-taking game
5. Supermarket tabloids, informally
9. Walkways
14. Difficult air to see through
15. Dog biter
16. Greek theater
17. Pitchers' stats
18. Short stiletto shoe
20. Voice below soprano
22. Locale for a person with a green thumb
23. 'N Sync bandmate of Justin Timberlake
26. Black Friday or Cyber Monday event
29. Letters before a criminal's alias
30. Vaccine-approving org.
31. Finger … or what a finger dials on a phone
32. "Affirmative!"
33. Floor model
35. Slanted edges, as on mirrors
36. What a first crush might be dismissed as
38. Author Louisa May ___
41. Slugger Sammy
42. ___ de Janeiro
45. Like cursive handwriting, typically
46. Yahoo alternative
47. Finish
48. Cash dispensers
49. Spot that may be affected by a charley horse
53. Bandit at sea
55. Small case for needles
56. Movie marketed toward a primarily female audience, informally
60. West Point, in brief
62. 2015 Adele hit that won three Grammys
63. Adolescent woe
64. The first word of 18-, 23-, 36-, 49- or 56-Across is one
65. Swords whose points were once dipped in dye before a duel
66. Squealed, as an informant
67. ___ gin fizz

Down

1. "Thar ___ blows!"
2. Sing-along activity at a bar
3. Colorful shrubs in the genus Rhododendron
4. In an irritable mood
5. ___ Stadium, former D.C. sports venue
6. Boxer who "stung like a bee"
7. Outset
8. Lucifer
9. Setting for "Make Way for Ducklings"
10. Sticky stuff
11. Like most first-year college students
12. Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers?
13. Longtime sketch comedy show, in brief
19. Before, poetically
21. Not working, as a police officer
23. Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
24. Skilled
25. Pack (down)
27. Rapper ___ Nas X
28. U.F.O. crew
31. Lower one's estimation of
34. Yiddish laments
35. ___ buddy
36. Treat on a stick that you lick
37. Bread purchase
38. Styled after
39. Parking place
40. Put together, as a scrapbook
42. Disengagement due to a conflict of interest
43. Left hanging between two stages
44. Praiseful poem
49. Half-___ (coffee order)
50. Bronze statue in Rockefeller Center
51. High-end German camera brand
52. Things left after tearing checks out of checkbooks
54. Some bygone theaters
56. Revolutionary Guevara
57. No-longer-cool way to say "cool"
58. First channel to offer 24-hour reporting
59. Beer barrel
61. "Affirmative!" at sea

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Questions

What is the answer to “Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers?”?

HOE, 3 letters: to use a certain gardening tool.

When was “Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers?” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of June 16, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

3 letters, starting with H.