Numbskull Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Numbskull” from the New York Times crossword of September 7, 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, SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
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NINNY is the answer to “Numbskull”. It means a fool.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A fool.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: IYNNN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with N and ends with Y.
More clues from the New York Times (September 7, 2025)
Across
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- 19. One who gives a good talking-to?6 letters, starts with OORATOR
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- 21. Constant nuisance4 letters, starts with BBANE
- 22. Mansión, por ejemplo4 letters, starts with CCASA
- 23. As the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___11 letters, starts with BBILLWITHERS
- 25. Sure things9 letters, starts with SSLAMDUNKS
- 27. Area with pews4 letters, starts with NNAVE
- 28. Part of many a morning routine5 letters, starts with SSHAVE
- 29. Equipment4 letters, starts with GGEAR
- 30. Orchestra section toward the middle of the pit5 letters, starts with OOBOES
- 31. With 76-Down, individually5 letters, starts with OONEAT
- 33. Fury3 letters, starts with IIRE
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- 36. Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone8 letters, starts with BBASSHORN
- 38. Low-quality paper?3 letters, starts with RRAG
- 39. Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief4 letters, starts with AAWOL
- 40. Overdone5 letters, starts with TTRITE
- 41. The "E" of Q.E.D.4 letters, starts with EERAT
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- 48. Facetious suffix with most3 letters, starts with EEST
- 51. Did Joyce write courtesy of a ___?12 letters, starts with UULYSSESGRANT
- 55. Blunt negative4 letters, starts with NNOPE
- 56. Philosopher who purportedly said "The best fighter is never angry"6 letters, starts with LLAOTSE
- 58. Have a bawl3 letters, starts with SSOB
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- 60. Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe4 letters, starts with AANTS
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- 65. Fish-eating raptors4 letters, starts with EERNS
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- 71. Begged4 letters, starts with PPLED
- 72. Scorch the surface4 letters, starts with SSEAR
- 73. Andean stimulant4 letters, starts with CCOCA
- 74. Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief3 letters, starts with SSNL
- 75. Gerald Ford or William Howard Taft, once7 letters, starts with YYALEMAN
- 78. Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.4 letters, starts with TTRIO
- 79. Words before sea or lunch5 letters, starts with OOUTTO
- 81. Summer mo.3 letters, starts with AAUG
- 83. Decks for reading6 letters, starts with TTAROTS
- 84. Biblical preposition4 letters, starts with UUNTO
- 85. To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y.12 letters, starts with IIRVINGBERLIN
- 88. Big word in advertising3 letters, starts with NNEW
- 89. Toady6 letters, starts with YYESMAN
- 91. Buzz, so to speak4 letters, starts with CCALL
- 92. Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair5 letters, starts with EEAMES
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- 97. Social gathering of a sort3 letters, starts with BBEE
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- 107. ___-cone3 letters, starts with SSNO
- 108. Stockpile5 letters, starts with SSTORE
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Down
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- 7. Remove a restraint from9 letters, starts with UUNHARNESS
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- 9. Have the nerve4 letters, starts with DDARE
- 10. Special ___3 letters, starts with OOPS
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- 12. Peninsula in southeast Asia6 letters, starts with MMALAYA
- 13. Consecutively6 letters, starts with IINAROW
- 14. Somnial acronym3 letters, starts with RREM
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- 17. "Jeez, sorry I ___!"5 letters, starts with AASKED
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- 32. Pushes with force7 letters, starts with TTHRUSTS
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Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on May 5, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Numbskull”?
NINNY, 5 letters: a fool.
When was “Numbskull” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of September 7, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with N.