Guiding principle Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Guiding principle” from the New York Times crossword of July 13, 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, JULY 13, 2025
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TENET is the answer to “Guiding principle”. It means a principle, belief, or doctrine held to be true.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A principle, belief, or doctrine held to be true.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ETNTE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Core belief”.
More clues from the New York Times (July 13, 2025)
Across
- 1. Cry from a guard tower4 letters, starts with HHALT
- 5. Imaginary fiends6 letters, starts with DDEMONS
- 11. Assign a number, maybe4 letters, starts with RRATE
- 15. Takes orders at a restaurant5 letters, starts with WWAITS
- 20. Great Plains tribe4 letters, starts with OOTOE
- 21. "I'll be right with you"6 letters, starts with IINASEC
- 22. Name that becomes a shape if you switch the second and fourth letters4 letters, starts with OOLAV
- 23. They might leave you in stitches, for short6 letters, starts with EERDOCS
- 25. Not marbled, say4 letters, starts with LLEAN
- 26. Electronic music genre6 letters, starts with TTECHNO
- 27. Pai gow game piece4 letters, starts with TTILE
- 28. Relieve6 letters, starts with SSOOTHE
- 29. They have seniority6 letters, starts with EELDERS
- 31. Bit of red in a salad4 letters, starts with BBEET
- 32. What accepts all cookies?4 letters, starts with OOVEN
- 33. Bottom6 letters, starts with TTUSHIE
- 34. Under, on a score5 letters, starts with SSOTTO
- 35. ___ of all5 letters, starts with LLEAST
- 36. They might be padded7 letters, starts with RRESUMES
- 38. Gift in the 2000 movie "The Gift"3 letters, starts with EESP
- 39. Here, in Paris3 letters, starts with IICI
- 40. Alternative fuel source4 letters, starts with PPEAT
- 42. ___ Noël4 letters, starts with PPERE
- 43. Yoga sounds3 letters, starts with OOMS
- 44. ’60s war zone3 letters, starts with NNAM
- 45. "Wicked" protagonist7 letters, starts with EELPHABA
- 49. 1803 letters, starts with UUEY
- 52. Acknowledge silently5 letters, starts with NNODAT
- 54. Leave be6 letters, starts with LLETLIE
- 56. Big hunk3 letters, starts with GGOB
- 57. Many idol worshipers6 letters, starts with TTWEENS
- 59. Cartoonist Silverstein4 letters, starts with SSHEL
- 62. Took an hour off mid-day, say8 letters, starts with HHADLUNCH
- 64. Phrase cooed en español5 letters, starts with TTEAMO
- 65. Dry, as Spanish wine4 letters, starts with SSECO
- 66. Monk known as "The Father of English History"6 letters, starts with SSTBEDE
- 69. Geometric art style, familiarly4 letters, starts with DDECO
- 70. Going wrong6 letters, starts with EERRING
- 72. Two-stringed Chinese instrument4 letters, starts with EERHU
- 73. Gave a hoot5 letters, starts with CCARED
- 74. Gentleman's disagreement?5 letters, starts with NNOSIR
- 75. Website feed inits.3 letters, starts with RRSS
- 76. Basketball shooter's lament7 letters, starts with IIMISSED
- 78. Flattering lines3 letters, starts with OODE
- 79. Subj. for John Maynard Keynes4 letters, starts with EECON
- 81. Alma mater for John Maynard Keynes4 letters, starts with EETON
- 82. Dot in la mer3 letters, starts with IILE
- 83. It lets you move north7 letters, starts with UUPARROW
- 85. Windy City commuting org.3 letters, starts with CCTA
- 88. "A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g.5 letters, starts with AADAGE
- 91. Mulligans5 letters, starts with RREDOS
- 93. Big name in streaming4 letters, starts with RROKU
- 94. Gossip about6 letters, starts with DDISHON
- 96. Champion's memento4 letters, starts with RRING
- 97. Hold a grudge against6 letters, starts with RRESENT
- 98. North Carolina university4 letters, starts with EELON
- 99. "See if that's OK"5 letters, starts with GGOASK
- 100. Chore-o-graph?8 letters, starts with TTODOLIST
- 102. Significant start4 letters, starts with DDENT
- 103. Good person6 letters, starts with MMENSCH
- 104. Collectors' org.3 letters, starts with IIRS
- 105. Traded for cash6 letters, starts with IINPAWN
- 108. Letter-shaped opening5 letters, starts with TTSLOT
- 110. Postgrad degs.3 letters, starts with MMAS
- 111. 1962 Paul Anka hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho"7 letters, starts with EESOBESO
- 113. Absorb, as a cost3 letters, starts with EEAT
- 115. "___ bin ein Berliner"3 letters, starts with IICH
- 117. Goddess of the rainbow4 letters, starts with IIRIS
- 119. State bird of Minnesota4 letters, starts with LLOON
- 120. ___ degree3 letters, starts with NNTH
- 121. Give bad marks3 letters, starts with MMAR
- 122. Reason for a successful steal, maybe7 letters, starts with LLATETAG
- 126. Unstable noble gas5 letters, starts with RRADON
- 129. French composer Erik5 letters, starts with SSATIE
- 131. Eeyore-esque6 letters, starts with GGLOOMY
- 133. Black dialect, in brief4 letters, starts with AAAVE
- 134. Seemingly forever4 letters, starts with AAGES
- 135. Roar6 letters, starts with BBELLOW
- 136. Soft palate appendages6 letters, starts with UUVULAE
- 137. Some M.L.B. highlights4 letters, starts with RRBIS
- 138. Litigious threat6 letters, starts with IILLSUE
- 140. Daughter on "Bob's Burgers"4 letters, starts with TTINA
- 141. Group in charge6 letters, starts with RREGIME
- 142. Puffer or blazer4 letters, starts with CCOAT
- 143. Still looming, say6 letters, starts with TTOCOME
- 144. Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters4 letters, starts with OOVAL
- 145. Wet bar?5 letters, starts with SSHOAL
- 146. Smooth with a whetstone4 letters, starts with HHONE
- 147. Like some bobsleighs6 letters, starts with TTWOMAN
- 148. Hawk4 letters, starts with SSELL
Down
- 1. With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars … or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle?7 letters, starts with HHOLESIN
- 2. Shopped at a farmers' market, say8 letters, starts with AATELOCAL
- 3. Concern for a web game developer8 letters, starts with LLOADTIME
- 4. Guiding principle5 letters, starts with TTENET
- 5. Morse ". . ."4 letters, starts with DDITS
- 6. Opposite of WSW3 letters, starts with EENE
- 7. Play featuring a trio of witches7 letters, starts with MMACBETH
- 8. Actor ___ Jackson Jr.5 letters, starts with OOSHEA
- 9. State birds of Hawaii5 letters, starts with NNENES
- 10. Winfield ___, loser to Franklin Pierce for president in 18525 letters, starts with SSCOTT
- 11. Chopper spinner5 letters, starts with RROTOR
- 12. Still in the game5 letters, starts with AALIVE
- 13. Pranksters may have tall ones5 letters, starts with TTALES
- 14. Tie6 letters, starts with EEVENUP
- 15. Fictional land on "Game of Thrones"8 letters, starts with WWESTEROS
- 16. Got going7 letters, starts with AAROUSED
- 17. Wedding exchange4 letters, starts with IIDOS
- 18. See 68-Down14 letters, starts with TTOTHEOTHERSIDE
- 19. Deep split6 letters, starts with SSCHISM
- 24. Falls through the cracks, say5 letters, starts with SSEEPS
- 30. Strung rungs10 letters, starts with RROPELADDER
- 35. Likely place for a hot mic5 letters, starts with LLAPEL
- 37. Certain religious pacifist9 letters, starts with MMENNONITE
- 41. Gloss over, linguistically5 letters, starts with EELIDE
- 46. French film director Varda, whom Martin Scorsese once described as "one of the gods of cinema"5 letters, starts with AAGNES
- 47. Italian lawn game5 letters, starts with BBOCCI
- 48. Just hate5 letters, starts with AABHOR
- 49. Downright5 letters, starts with UUTTER
- 50. Still-life vessels5 letters, starts with EEWERS
- 51. Quite a while5 letters, starts with YYEARS
- 53. Jacks and jennies5 letters, starts with AASSES
- 55. The old you?4 letters, starts with TTHEE
- 58. Bygone owner of Capitol Records3 letters, starts with EEMI
- 60. Tier7 letters, starts with EECHELON
- 61. Like sperm whales, among all animals7 letters, starts with LLOUDEST
- 63. Slurpable noodle4 letters, starts with UUDON
- 66. Looked high and low in7 letters, starts with SSCOURED
- 67. Polliwog7 letters, starts with TTADPOLE
- 68. With 18-Down, classic 1967 song by a group whose name is a hint to solving the eight bonus clues (see note)14 letters, starts with BBREAKONTHROUGH
- 71. Biotech crop, in brief3 letters, starts with GGMO
- 74. "Ah, thanks for explaining"9 letters, starts with NNOWIGETIT
- 77. As an answer10 letters, starts with IINRESPONSE
- 80. Atlantic food fish3 letters, starts with CCOD
- 81. Breakfast brand with a Thick & Fluffy variety4 letters, starts with EEGGO
- 84. Fruit-shaped candies5 letters, starts with RRUNTS
- 85. Wide rift5 letters, starts with CCHASM
- 86. Puccini opera set in Rome5 letters, starts with TTOSCA
- 87. Ancient symbols of life5 letters, starts with AANKHS
- 88. Man's name that sounds like two consonants5 letters, starts with AARTIE
- 89. Some luxury bags5 letters, starts with DDIORS
- 90. "Consequently ..."5 letters, starts with AANDSO
- 92. ___ noche (tonight, in Tijuana)4 letters, starts with EESTA
- 95. One of 12 for Jacob3 letters, starts with SSON
- 97. Classic detergent brand5 letters, starts with RRINSO
- 101. Use for sleeping, say5 letters, starts with LLIEON
- 103. Stealthy aquatic hunter8 letters, starts with MMORAYEEL
- 106. Started broadcasting8 letters, starts with WWENTLIVE
- 107. Countrywide8 letters, starts with NNATIONAL
- 109. "Lip Gloss" rapper, 20077 letters, starts with LLILMAMA
- 112. Stop being buds?7 letters, starts with BBLOSSOM
- 114. See 1-Down7 letters, starts with TTHEWALL
- 115. Hosting site with a gallery of memes5 letters, starts with IIMGUR
- 116. Jersey boys?6 letters, starts with CCALVES
- 118. Google action6 letters, starts with SSEARCH
- 123. Just not done5 letters, starts with TTABOO
- 124. Birdlike5 letters, starts with AAVIAN
- 125. Beau ___5 letters, starts with GGESTE
- 126. Bonnie with 13 Grammys5 letters, starts with RRAITT
- 127. Beaming5 letters, starts with AAGLOW
- 128. AC___ (G.M. subsidiary)5 letters, starts with DDELCO
- 130. Some saxes5 letters, starts with AALTOS
- 132. Grab bag4 letters, starts with OOLIO
- 135. "We've all ___ there"4 letters, starts with BBEEN
- 139. Thurman who played the bride in "Kill Bill"3 letters, starts with UUMA
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Questions
What is the answer to “Guiding principle”?
TENET, 5 letters: a principle, belief, or doctrine held to be true.
When was “Guiding principle” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of July 13, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with T.