"Please, I know better than that" Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “"Please, I know better than that"” from the New York Times crossword of January 22, 2026? It has 7 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 22, 2026

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Hints

Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.

Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

Hint 3 Another clue

More clues from the New York Times (January 22, 2026)

Across

1. Purchase of ice cream or cream ale
5. Cognac label letters
9. Escapade
14. Goddess depicted with cow's horns
15. "Hey, look who's here!"
16. Film without much wardrobe, informally
17. Watch sound
18. Happens
20. Left in
22. Ingredient in a zombie
23. Late ___
24. Anxious
25. Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short
26. Org. that watches television
27. Tackling the task at hand
31. Dump
32. Unceasingly
33. Hotel room coolers, for short
34. Band with the 2008 platinum single "Electric Feel"
35. Cut (in)
38. Flabbergasted feeling
40. Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests
42. Low
45. Result of missing the boat
49. Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly
50. Sweeping
51. Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic"
52. Furious feeling
53. Rescue squad pro
54. Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles
56. Striking through
59. "___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!"
60. Standard
61. Lead-in to -drome
62. Oversupply
63. Full of energy
64. ___ Mix
65. Catch a glimpse of

Down

1. Tools requiring two people
2. "Am I wrong about that?"
3. "Please, I know better than that"
4. "You know better than that"
5. Sotto ___
6. Sporting flats, say
7. Omega, in physics
8. Approximately 84% of American women have at least one
9. Early ancestor
10. (The) OK
11. With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go … as seen in this puzzle's theme
12. Bees, but not birds
13. Trig ratio
19. Kick butt, so to speak
21. Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say
25. Buffet table item
28. ___ de plume
29. Increase one's intensity
30. "Hard pass"
34. Mal de ___
36. Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama"
37. Legal setting
38. 37-Down order
39. Roused
41. Turn to mush, maybe
42. See 11-Down
43. Loved every second
44. The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g.
46. Early pop music's ___ Brothers
47. Honorific title
48. Pestering type
49. Minor snafu
54. Mark's successor
55. Put away
57. Space between here and there
58. French word between two surnames

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Questions

What is the answer to “"Please, I know better than that"”?

NICETRY, 7 letters.

When was “"Please, I know better than that"” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of January 22, 2026.

How many letters does the answer have?

7 letters, starting with N.