Humble hold 'em holding Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Humble hold 'em holding” from the New York Times crossword of August 3, 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, AUGUST 3, 2025
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PAIR is the answer to “Humble hold 'em holding”. It means to arrange in sets of two.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To arrange in sets of two.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: APRI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Part of a full house”.
More clues from the New York Times (August 3, 2025)
Across
- 1. Final act of a play?3 letters, starts with BBOW
- 4. Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares4 letters, starts with TTHEE
- 8. Skyrocket4 letters, starts with RRISE
- 12. "Reckon so!"3 letters, starts with YYUP
- 15. Working without ___4 letters, starts with AANET
- 17. Seemingly forever5 letters, starts with AAEONS
- 19. Some spa jobs, in brief5 letters, starts with PPEDIS
- 20. Manner of speaking4 letters, starts with TTONE
- 21. Like used BBQ pits4 letters, starts with AASHY
- 22. Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"11 letters, starts with MMISTERSCOTT
- 24. Like being late or cutting in line4 letters, starts with RRUDE
- 25. Something clicked to add an attachment7 letters, starts with SSTAPLER
- 27. Take up space5 letters, starts with EEXIST
- 28. Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard"7 letters, starts with HHEROCOP
- 30. Swear4 letters, starts with AAVOW
- 31. Digital investment choices, informally7 letters, starts with CCRYPTOS
- 33. Not much, as of wasabi4 letters, starts with AADAB
- 34. Narrowly get (by)3 letters, starts with EEKE
- 35. "Now that we're all here, please proceed"4 letters, starts with OOKGO
- 38. Lab reports?4 letters, starts with AARFS
- 41. Overzealous sort3 letters, starts with NNUT
- 43. Got acquainted3 letters, starts with MMET
- 44. D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security6 letters, starts with RREALID
- 47. Build a stockpile6 letters, starts with SSAVEUP
- 49. Didn't go fast?3 letters, starts with AATE
- 50. Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away"3 letters, starts with OOOO
- 51. Take down a notch6 letters, starts with DDEMOTE
- 52. Purveyors of provocative posts6 letters, starts with TTROLLS
- 53. 8.5" x 11": Abbr.3 letters, starts with LLTR
- 54. Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly"4 letters, starts with JJUMP
- 56. El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup5 letters, starts with PPERON
- 57. Danger5 letters, starts with PPERIL
- 58. Cry from a victor4 letters, starts with IIWON
- 59. Type that tends to be right-leaning7 letters, starts with IITALICS
- 61. Like quality vocals5 letters, starts with OONKEY
- 63. Looks inside?7 letters, starts with CCTSCANS
- 65. Drug-busting unit4 letters, starts with KKILO
- 66. City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates5 letters, starts with KKYOTO
- 67. Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck4 letters, starts with HHUEY
- 68. Something hit to get fit6 letters, starts with TTHEGYM
- 70. Hands-on professional?7 letters, starts with MMASSEUR
- 72. Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster6 letters, starts with RREDSOX
- 75. Seeing romantically4 letters, starts with WWITH
- 76. Humble hold 'em holding4 letters, starts with PPAIR
- 78. "The Bear" streamer4 letters, starts with HHULU
- 80. Cold War weapon inits.4 letters, starts with IICBM
- 81. Beethoven's No. 8?4 letters, starts with AACHT
- 82. Line of luxury hotels5 letters, starts with OOMNIS
- 84. Takes to school, in a way5 letters, starts with BBUSES
- 85. Cosmic explosion4 letters, starts with NNOVA
- 86. It goes on the run3 letters, starts with SSKI
- 87. Be a wingman, e.g.6 letters, starts with AASSIST
- 88. False6 letters, starts with EERSATZ
- 90. Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares3 letters, starts with UUSS
- 91. Move like a supermodel5 letters, starts with SSTRUT
- 93. Unit of purity5 letters, starts with KKARAT
- 95. Lower oneself5 letters, starts with DDEIGN
- 97. They study how knights move7 letters, starts with SSQUIRES
- 99. Canyon's edge3 letters, starts with RRIM
- 100. On the ___ (raging)7 letters, starts with WWARPATH
- 102. Gone skinny-dipping, e.g.4 letters, starts with SSWUM
- 103. Significant stretch3 letters, starts with EERA
- 104. Mr. Turkey3 letters, starts with TTOM
- 105. Some window installations, informally3 letters, starts with AACS
- 106. Warp-driven device4 letters, starts with LLOOM
- 108. Major exporter of mangoes5 letters, starts with HHAITI
- 110. One giving the highlights?4 letters, starts with DDYER
- 112. By dawn's early light?4 letters, starts with EEAST
- 114. Intending to, casually5 letters, starts with GGONNA
- 115. Bring upon oneself5 letters, starts with IINCUR
- 116. Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand"4 letters, starts with AANTE
- 117. "___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem)4 letters, starts with UUNTO
- 118. Iron Man's suit, e.g.5 letters, starts with AARMOR
- 119. "Fire away!"5 letters, starts with AASKME
- 120. False4 letters, starts with MMOCK
- 121. Docking station4 letters, starts with PPIER
- 122. Some draft picks5 letters, starts with BBEERS
Down
- 1. Some farm sounds4 letters, starts with BBAAS
- 2. Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon10 letters, starts with OONSTAKEOUT
- 3. "Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say21 letters, starts with WWEHAVETOMAKETHISQUICK
- 4. Hardly spicy4 letters, starts with TTAME
- 5. Next in line4 letters, starts with HHEIR
- 6. Goddess of daybreak3 letters, starts with EEOS
- 7. Fill in5 letters, starts with EENTER
- 8. Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!)5 letters, starts with RRECTO
- 9. It's a promise3 letters, starts with IIDO
- 10. Enemy of the Jedi4 letters, starts with SSITH
- 11. By Juan's early light?4 letters, starts with EESTE
- 12. "Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say21 letters, starts with YYOUCANALWAYSCOUNTONME
- 13. Way back?10 letters, starts with UUNDOBUTTON
- 14. Slight gripe, so to speak4 letters, starts with PPEEP
- 16. Slip of the pen4 letters, starts with TTYPO
- 18. Tantalizing4 letters, starts with SSEXY
- 19. A low "Yo!"4 letters, starts with PPSST
- 20. Trampled (on)4 letters, starts with TTROD
- 23. Sound of a wardrobe malfunction3 letters, starts with RRIP
- 26. Euphemistic expression of commitment5 letters, starts with LLWORD
- 29. Speaks roughly5 letters, starts with RRASPS
- 31. Cherry or lime5 letters, starts with CCOLOR
- 32. Bask in5 letters, starts with SSAVOR
- 34. Reaction to a social media post, maybe5 letters, starts with EEMOJI
- 36. "Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say13 letters, starts with KKEEPCOMPOSURE
- 37. Sneakily exploits5 letters, starts with GGAMES
- 39. Thing of the past5 letters, starts with RRELIC
- 40. "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say13 letters, starts with FFULLTHRUSTERS
- 42. Seaside flock5 letters, starts with TTERNS
- 45. "To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say10 letters, starts with IITOOKARISK
- 46. IHOP rival6 letters, starts with DDENNYS
- 47. Florida beach town, informally6 letters, starts with SSTPETE
- 48. "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say10 letters, starts with AAREYOUHURT
- 55. Tough spot6 letters, starts with PPLIGHT
- 58. Stranded during a winter storm, say6 letters, starts with IICEDIN
- 60. Texter's sweet sentiment3 letters, starts with IILY
- 62. Big hits, in brief3 letters, starts with KKOS
- 64. Make a case against?3 letters, starts with SSUE
- 68. Old-fashioned contraction4 letters, starts with TTWAS
- 69. Backwoods bumpkin4 letters, starts with HHICK
- 70. Bite-size4 letters, starts with MMINI
- 71. Former Wisconsin senator Feingold4 letters, starts with RRUSS
- 73. "Clearly!," in textspeak4 letters, starts with OOBVS
- 74. Major e-tailing season4 letters, starts with XXMAS
- 77. World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes9 letters, starts with AAMSTERDAM
- 79. He might be carrying a big picture9 letters, starts with LLEADACTOR
- 83. This puzzle's theme8 letters, starts with SSTARTREK
- 84. "I want to come back to the ship," as everyone circled in this puzzle seems to have said to 22-Across8 letters, starts with BBEAMMEUP
- 87. NPR journalist Shapiro3 letters, starts with AARI
- 89. Punch3 letters, starts with ZZIP
- 92. Belly, in kidspeak6 letters, starts with TTUMTUM
- 94. Carnival-themed Vegas hotel3 letters, starts with RRIO
- 96. In spades6 letters, starts with GGALORE
- 97. Symbols of grace5 letters, starts with SSWANS
- 98. Object5 letters, starts with SSAYNO
- 100. Garbage5 letters, starts with WWASTE
- 101. "___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb)5 letters, starts with HHONOR
- 102. "Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf4 letters, starts with SSHIA
- 107. 2004 landing site for Spirit4 letters, starts with MMARS
- 109. Land west of Eng.3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 111. "You get the gist": Abbr.3 letters, starts with EETC
- 113. Alt-rocker DiFranco3 letters, starts with AANI
- 114. Chinwag3 letters, starts with GGAB
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Questions
What is the answer to “Humble hold 'em holding”?
PAIR, 4 letters: to arrange in sets of two.
When was “Humble hold 'em holding” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of August 3, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with P.