Mathematician Lovelace Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Mathematician Lovelace” from the New York Times crossword of January 25, 2026? 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, JANUARY 25, 2026
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ADA is the answer to “Mathematician Lovelace”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 3-letter answer that starts with A.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: DAA.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “1990 civil rights law, for short”.
More clues from the New York Times (January 25, 2026)
Across
- 1. Baggage accessory5 letters, starts with IIDTAG
- 6. Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season8 letters, starts with TTEDLASSO
- 14. In which baby spiders develop6 letters, starts with EEGGSAC
- 20. Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas"5 letters, starts with PPRADO
- 21. "I want to hear about that!"8 letters, starts with CCLUEMEIN
- 22. Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex6 letters, starts with SSLEEVE
- 23. "That cabinet with plates looks awfully full"14 letters, starts with OOUTOFDISKSPACE
- 25. Triangular sail6 letters, starts with LLATEEN
- 26. Food court pizzeria6 letters, starts with SSBARRO
- 27. Some M.I.T. grads, for short3 letters, starts with EEES
- 28. Resort amenity3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 30. Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos"5 letters, starts with SSAGET
- 31. A noble gas4 letters, starts with NNEON
- 33. It's good for the long haul4 letters, starts with SSEMI
- 36. Sphere of creativity8 letters, starts with AARTSCENE
- 38. Private investigator, informally3 letters, starts with TTEC
- 41. Cheese in a wax coating4 letters, starts with EEDAM
- 43. "It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right"12 letters, starts with RRUNTIMEERROR
- 45. Persian Gulf nation4 letters, starts with IIRAQ
- 47. Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels4 letters, starts with AAVIA
- 49. Mix up4 letters, starts with SSTIR
- 50. Actress Edebiri of "The Bear"3 letters, starts with AAYO
- 51. "Is that a cough I hear?"13 letters, starts with VVIRUSDETECTED
- 54. Event for V.I.P. customers7 letters, starts with PPRESALE
- 58. The planets in our solar system, e.g.5 letters, starts with OOCTET
- 59. Sci-fi princess4 letters, starts with LLEIA
- 60. Stretchy material5 letters, starts with LLYCRA
- 62. Freight barge4 letters, starts with SSCOW
- 63. Not fantastical4 letters, starts with RREAL
- 65. La Città Eterna4 letters, starts with RROMA
- 67. Haunted house sound4 letters, starts with HHOWL
- 69. Something to use on your break?3 letters, starts with CCUE
- 70. "Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"19 letters, starts with WWINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
- 75. Group of humpbacks3 letters, starts with PPOD
- 76. ___ Bora (embattled Afghan region)4 letters, starts with TTORA
- 77. Tel ___4 letters, starts with AAVIV
- 78. Designer Saint Laurent4 letters, starts with YYVES
- 79. Little bits of energy4 letters, starts with EERGS
- 81. New Zealanders, familiarly5 letters, starts with KKIWIS
- 84. Color of undyed linen4 letters, starts with EECRU
- 86. Course that doesn’t require much studying5 letters, starts with EEASYA
- 89. "Gimme, gimme!"7 letters, starts with IINEEDIT
- 91. "Those pancakes are piled way too high!"13 letters, starts with SSTACKOVERFLOW
- 94. Boxy transport3 letters, starts with VVAN
- 95. Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá4 letters, starts with FFLOR
- 96. Like close-fitting clothes4 letters, starts with SSNUG
- 97. It's just under a foot4 letters, starts with SSOLE
- 98. "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag"12 letters, starts with FFILETOOLARGE
- 103. Undesirable roommate4 letters, starts with SSLOB
- 105. Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution3 letters, starts with GGOD
- 106. Part of M.O.8 letters, starts with OOPERANDI
- 107. Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs"4 letters, starts with MMOTH
- 109. Isn't feeling great4 letters, starts with AAILS
- 111. Large flightless birds5 letters, starts with RRHEAS
- 112. National Poetry Mo.3 letters, starts with AAPR
- 114. "That ship ___ sailed"3 letters, starts with HHAS
- 116. Beverage brewed outside using natural heat6 letters, starts with SSUNTEA
- 120. ___ beef6 letters, starts with CCORNED
- 122. "Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!"14 letters, starts with SSERVERNOTFOUND
- 126. Passes6 letters, starts with EENACTS
- 127. Chips may go into it8 letters, starts with OONIONDIP
- 128. Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award5 letters, starts with FFONDA
- 129. Have no stomach for6 letters, starts with DDETEST
- 130. Doesn't care for8 letters, starts with NNEGLECTS
- 131. Unexpected jerk5 letters, starts with SSPASM
Down
- 1. Major N.Y.S.E. events4 letters, starts with IIPOS
- 2. Beat handily4 letters, starts with DDRUB
- 3. "See ya later!"4 letters, starts with TTATA
- 4. Deck out5 letters, starts with AADORN
- 5. Walk6 letters, starts with GGOFREE
- 6. Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 19993 letters, starts with TTCI
- 7. "What ___?"4 letters, starts with EELSE
- 8. William, Edward and Harry, e.g.5 letters, starts with DDUKES
- 9. To a ___ degree6 letters, starts with LLESSER
- 10. Stage booster3 letters, starts with AAMP
- 11. Domain for salty dogs3 letters, starts with SSEA
- 12. Urges to attack, with "on"4 letters, starts with SSICS
- 13. What this hand has: AAKQ67 letters, starts with OONEPAIR
- 14. Fluency-building subj.3 letters, starts with EESL
- 15. Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk8 letters, starts with GGLASSEYE
- 16. Convey9 letters, starts with GGETACROSS
- 17. Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer"6 letters, starts with SSEEGER
- 18. Skin care company6 letters, starts with AAVEENO
- 19. Football snapper6 letters, starts with CCENTER
- 24. Thingamabob6 letters, starts with DDOODAD
- 29. Either side of a cheerleader's "A"3 letters, starts with AARM
- 32. Kind of orange5 letters, starts with NNAVEL
- 34. It's not optional4 letters, starts with MMUST
- 35. Silicon Valley giant5 letters, starts with IINTEL
- 37. Easily detached8 letters, starts with TTEARAWAY
- 38. Pioneering DVR brand4 letters, starts with TTIVO
- 39. George Orwell's first name at birth4 letters, starts with EERIC
- 40. Purchase for the Atari 26009 letters, starts with CCARTRIDGE
- 42. One cutting corners8 letters, starts with MMITERSAW
- 44. Neat4 letters, starts with TTIDY
- 46. One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky5 letters, starts with QQUEEN
- 48. "Trade discount" quintet5 letters, starts with AAEIOU
- 52. German for "city"5 letters, starts with SSTADT
- 53. Something to pitch4 letters, starts with CCAMP
- 54. Univ. worker4 letters, starts with PPROF
- 55. Site-seeing list?9 letters, starts with AACCESSLOG
- 56. Forte4 letters, starts with LLOUD
- 57. Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun3 letters, starts with EEWE
- 61. V-shaped designs8 letters, starts with CCHEVRONS
- 64. Visit, as for a safety check8 letters, starts with LLOOKINON
- 66. Mathematician Lovelace3 letters, starts with AADA
- 68. Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself5 letters, starts with LLIVER
- 70. Frayed4 letters, starts with WWORN
- 71. Court order4 letters, starts with WWRIT
- 72. With, in Oise4 letters, starts with AAVEC
- 73. Exam marks5 letters, starts with TTICKS
- 74. N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly5 letters, starts with LLEAFS
- 75. Smallest Canadian prov.3 letters, starts with PPEI
- 80. Canning package?9 letters, starts with SSEVERANCE
- 82. Mallorca, por ejemplo4 letters, starts with IISLA
- 83. Reason for turbulence5 letters, starts with SSTORM
- 85. Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have5 letters, starts with UUVULA
- 87. Modern "seize the day"4 letters, starts with YYOLO
- 88. Stunned4 letters, starts with AAWED
- 90. Computer model inputs8 letters, starts with DDATASETS
- 92. Ship that transported the Golden Fleece4 letters, starts with AARGO
- 93. Hardly a team player6 letters, starts with EEGOIST
- 95. Betrays, in a way7 letters, starts with FFLIPSON
- 98. Like an unnatural smile6 letters, starts with FFORCED
- 99. Tech debut of 20076 letters, starts with IIPHONE
- 100. Examine creepily6 letters, starts with LLEERAT
- 101. ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost")3 letters, starts with OODA
- 102. World's most-produced organic compound6 letters, starts with EETHENE
- 104. Puts up a false front6 letters, starts with BBLUFFS
- 108. Property of curium, but not cerium5 letters, starts with HHARDC
- 110. Eavesdrop, e.g.5 letters, starts with SSNOOP
- 113. Surrealist Magritte4 letters, starts with RRENE
- 115. Fit of irritation4 letters, starts with SSNIT
- 117. Fish in niçoise salad4 letters, starts with TTUNA
- 118. Cuts off4 letters, starts with EENDS
- 119. Actor Brody of "The O.C."4 letters, starts with AADAM
- 121. "Spring forward" hrs.3 letters, starts with DDST
- 123. Illegally interfere with, as an election3 letters, starts with RRIG
- 124. Remote abbr.3 letters, starts with VVOL
- 125. Special ___3 letters, starts with OOPS
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Questions
What is the answer to “Mathematician Lovelace”?
ADA, 3 letters.
When was “Mathematician Lovelace” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of January 25, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with A.