Social gathering of a sort Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Social gathering of a sort” from the New York Times crossword of September 7, 2025? 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, SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
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BEE is the answer to “Social gathering of a sort”. It means a winged insect.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A winged insect.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EEB.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Hive occupant”.
More clues from the New York Times (September 7, 2025)
Across
- 1. Where Gloria Estefan was born6 letters, starts with HHAVANA
- 7. Hairstyle that can be casual or formal4 letters, starts with UUPDO
- 11. Relative of a sultan4 letters, starts with EEMIR
- 15. Strikebreaking sort4 letters, starts with SSCAB
- 19. One who gives a good talking-to?6 letters, starts with OORATOR
- 20. Spring's opposite, tidally4 letters, starts with NNEAP
- 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
- 34. After spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro11 letters, starts with TTONYORLANDO
- 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
- 43. Depleted6 letters, starts with UUSEDUP
- 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
- 59. Son of Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy5 letters, starts with AAUGIE
- 60. Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe4 letters, starts with AANTS
- 61. Borneo neighbor7 letters, starts with SSUMATRA
- 63. Female moose or elephant3 letters, starts with CCOW
- 65. Fish-eating raptors4 letters, starts with EERNS
- 66. Dab with a towel4 letters, starts with BBLOT
- 67. Subdivisions of some counties: Abbr.4 letters, starts with TTWPS
- 68. An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher9 letters, starts with MMARKCUBAN
- 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
- 94. Unpleasant look4 letters, starts with LLEER
- 97. Social gathering of a sort3 letters, starts with BBEE
- 98. Certain canines8 letters, starts with EEYETEETH
- 102. Some Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth11 letters, starts with BBARBARAEDEN
- 107. ___-cone3 letters, starts with SSNO
- 108. Stockpile5 letters, starts with SSTORE
- 109. Anesthetic first used on a patient in 18425 letters, starts with EETHER
- 110. "Fine as is, actually"4 letters, starts with SSTET
- 111. Canada's first national park, founded in 18855 letters, starts with BBANFF
- 113. "___ Three Lives" (early TV drama)4 letters, starts with IILED
- 114. The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for example9 letters, starts with LLEITMOTIF
- 116. The supermodel was holding a copy of ___ herself on the beach11 letters, starts with EELLEFANNING
- 118. Tackle box item4 letters, starts with LLINE
- 119. Home makeover, in brief4 letters, starts with RRENO
- 120. Election Day is one: Abbr.4 letters, starts with TTUES
- 121. Work on the score of6 letters, starts with NNOTATE
- 122. Carbon compound4 letters, starts with EENOL
- 123. Beat one's chest4 letters, starts with BBRAG
- 124. Set of pull-ups?4 letters, starts with AARMS
- 125. Very high6 letters, starts with SSTONED
Down
- 1. Schmooze6 letters, starts with HHOBNOB
- 2. ___ Afghan Airlines, carrier to the Mideast6 letters, starts with AARIANA
- 3. Parts of a heart or trumpet6 letters, starts with VVALVES
- 4. No fewer than7 letters, starts with AATLEAST
- 5. "Stat!"3 letters, starts with NNOW
- 6. Media personalities Melber and Fleischer4 letters, starts with AARIS
- 7. Remove a restraint from9 letters, starts with UUNHARNESS
- 8. Irk5 letters, starts with PPEEVE
- 9. Have the nerve4 letters, starts with DDARE
- 10. Special ___3 letters, starts with OOPS
- 11. Buddy who portrayed TV's Jed Clampett5 letters, starts with EEBSEN
- 12. Peninsula in southeast Asia6 letters, starts with MMALAYA
- 13. Consecutively6 letters, starts with IINAROW
- 14. Somnial acronym3 letters, starts with RREM
- 15. Aquatic acronym5 letters, starts with SSCUBA
- 16. Collection of laws5 letters, starts with CCANON
- 17. "Jeez, sorry I ___!"5 letters, starts with AASKED
- 18. Sarastro in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," e.g.5 letters, starts with BBASSO
- 24. Product of the first three primes6 letters, starts with TTHIRTY
- 26. Tiny house occupants5 letters, starts with DDOLLS
- 29. Get crazy (over)6 letters, starts with GGOGAGA
- 32. Pushes with force7 letters, starts with TTHRUSTS
- 34. Smears4 letters, starts with TTARS
- 35. Directs, as cargo6 letters, starts with RROUTES
- 37. Edmonton N.H.L. player5 letters, starts with OOILER
- 38. International shoe brand originating in England6 letters, starts with RREEBOK
- 42. Extremely loyal8 letters, starts with TTRUEBLUE
- 44. One who's a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe7 letters, starts with EENABLER
- 45. Why do none of the Fruit of the Loom characters ___-colored clothing?8 letters, starts with DDONLEMON
- 46. Current8 letters, starts with UUPTODATE
- 47. Annoyance4 letters, starts with PPEST
- 48. Trains above street level3 letters, starts with EELS
- 49. White wine named for a region in France8 letters, starts with SSAUTERNE
- 50. Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear8 letters, starts with TTOMWAITS
- 52. Like some philosophical arguments8 letters, starts with SSOCRATIC
- 53. Taj Mahal's city4 letters, starts with AAGRA
- 54. Numbskull5 letters, starts with NNINNY
- 57. Bar with drafts7 letters, starts with TTAPROOM
- 62. Love, in Lyon5 letters, starts with AAMOUR
- 64. Spots to go in the U.K.3 letters, starts with WWCS
- 69. End of any Shakespeare play4 letters, starts with AACTV
- 70. Powerless6 letters, starts with UUNABLE
- 71. Space balls7 letters, starts with PPLANETS
- 72. Bed-___ (Brooklyn neighborhood, familiarly)4 letters, starts with SSTUY
- 73. Shakespeare, vis-à-vis the expression "brave new world"6 letters, starts with CCOINER
- 76. See 31-Across5 letters, starts with AATIME
- 77. Sydney's state: Abbr.3 letters, starts with NNSW
- 80. How some risks are taken6 letters, starts with OONABET
- 82. Immaturity9 letters, starts with GGREENNESS
- 86. Secluded valley4 letters, starts with GGLEN
- 87. "Take it easy, will you?!"6 letters, starts with LLAYOFF
- 90. Startle5 letters, starts with AALARM
- 93. Mounted below the surface of7 letters, starts with SSETINTO
- 95. ___ Sunday6 letters, starts with EEASTER
- 96. Body part containing photoreceptors6 letters, starts with RRETINA
- 99. Relating to the wind's movement6 letters, starts with EEOLIAN
- 100. Vingt + dix6 letters, starts with TTRENTE
- 101. Equivocated6 letters, starts with HHEDGED
- 102. Ball girl?5 letters, starts with BBELLE
- 103. Didn't dine out5 letters, starts with AATEIN
- 104. Large safari sight5 letters, starts with RRHINO
- 105. Intoxicating Asian plant whose name sounds like an insect5 letters, starts with BBETEL
- 106. Clear, in a way, as a windshield5 letters, starts with DDEFOG
- 107. Beaver State capital5 letters, starts with SSALEM
- 111. Sight of a speeding car, maybe4 letters, starts with BBLUR
- 112. Season ticket holders, presumably4 letters, starts with FFANS
- 115. Spherical shape3 letters, starts with OORB
- 116. Info for a traveler, for short3 letters, starts with EETA
- 117. Follower of waste and want3 letters, starts with NNOT
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Questions
What is the answer to “Social gathering of a sort”?
BEE, 3 letters: a winged insect.
When was “Social gathering of a sort” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of September 7, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with B.