Sometimes-intentional jeans feature Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Sometimes-intentional jeans feature” from the New York Times crossword of June 21, 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, JUNE 21, 2026
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RIP is the answer to “Sometimes-intentional jeans feature”. It means to tear or cut apart roughly.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To tear or cut apart roughly.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: PIR.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Tear”.
More clues from the New York Times (June 21, 2026)
Across
- 1. Letters accompanying applications, for short4 letters, starts with RRECS
- 5. Includes without others knowing, in a way4 letters, starts with BBCCS
- 9. "I haven't a clue"7 letters, starts with BBEATSME
- 16. Plant with an edible inner gel4 letters, starts with AALOE
- 17. Up to snuff4 letters, starts with AABLE
- 18. All over the place7 letters, starts with EERRATIC
- 19. Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally9 letters, starts with OOFFROADED
- 21. Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across)7 letters, starts with NNECKING
- 22. Unreal?4 letters, starts with FFAKE
- 23. Verify, as an editor might9 letters, starts with FFACTCHECK
- 25. Launch points in disc golf7 letters, starts with TTEEPADS
- 28. "Everything good?," as a cook might ask7 letters, starts with TTASTEOK
- 29. Laptop mode5 letters, starts with SSLEEP
- 30. Tap products4 letters, starts with AALES
- 32. ID used for far more than its name suggests3 letters, starts with SSSN
- 33. Do wrong3 letters, starts with EERR
- 34. They're just one problem after another7 letters, starts with IIQTESTS
- 37. Spanish direction4 letters, starts with EESTE
- 41. Whatchamacallit4 letters, starts with NNOUN
- 43. "One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song)3 letters, starts with TTIN
- 44. Belgrade resident4 letters, starts with SSERB
- 47. Word on either side of "to"3 letters, starts with TTOE
- 48. Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally4 letters, starts with GGYNO
- 49. Like some flights: Abbr.4 letters, starts with IINTL
- 51. Restrict7 letters, starts with TTIEDOWN
- 53. Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name6 letters, starts with CCAPOTE
- 55. Areas of influence7 letters, starts with SSPHERES
- 56. Part of many a mailing address, in brief5 letters, starts with PPOBOX
- 59. White dwarf phenomenon4 letters, starts with NNOVA
- 61. ___ so often5 letters, starts with EEVERY
- 62. Traps during a storm, perhaps6 letters, starts with IICESIN
- 64. Vermont summer hrs.3 letters, starts with EEDT
- 66. Certain natural hairstyle4 letters, starts with LLOCS
- 67. "Boy, you're asking too much" … or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across?15 letters, starts with TTHATSATALLORDER
- 71. Popular browser for accessing the dark web3 letters, starts with TTOR
- 72. "Is it OK for us to leave?"7 letters, starts with CCANWEGO
- 73. It's one for the history books3 letters, starts with EEON
- 76. Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A15 letters, starts with WWORLDGIRAFFEDAY
- 81. Japanese audio brand4 letters, starts with AAIWA
- 82. Secondary account, in social media slang3 letters, starts with AALT
- 83. Boundaries6 letters, starts with LLIMITS
- 84. Be part of, as a film5 letters, starts with AACTIN
- 85. "Surprised to see you here!"4 letters, starts with OOHHI
- 88. Limber5 letters, starts with LLITHE
- 89. Hindu god with an elephant head7 letters, starts with GGANESHA
- 92. Satchel with a gendered name6 letters, starts with MMANBAG
- 94. Defeats without difficulty7 letters, starts with AACESOUT
- 95. "I ___ you!"4 letters, starts with EENVY
- 96. Indian royal4 letters, starts with RRAJA
- 100. Certain sib3 letters, starts with SSIS
- 101. M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's4 letters, starts with MMETS
- 103. "Go on, beat it!"3 letters, starts with GGIT
- 104. Pizazz4 letters, starts with EELAN
- 105. "Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?")4 letters, starts with PPASA
- 107. Cancels out7 letters, starts with NNEGATES
- 110. Common holder of pens3 letters, starts with MMUG
- 111. Mathematical constant equal to two times pi3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 114. Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot"4 letters, starts with PPERE
- 115. Give a buzz5 letters, starts with PPHONE
- 117. Farm play area7 letters, starts with CCORNPIT
- 119. Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes7 letters, starts with SSPOONER
- 121. Takes little effort9 letters, starts with CCOMESEASY
- 123. Minimally4 letters, starts with AATAD
- 124. Habitat for [circled letters]7 letters, starts with SSAVANNA
- 125. Starchy plant part in Asian cooking9 letters, starts with LLOTUSROOT
- 129. Something running at a bar7 letters, starts with OOPENTAB
- 130. Fateful day4 letters, starts with IIDES
- 131. Digital know-it-all4 letters, starts with SSIRI
- 132. Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo7 letters, starts with WWENTIPO
- 133. Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize4 letters, starts with TTATE
- 134. Reindeer cousins4 letters, starts with EELKS
Down
- 1. Big name in the pasta aisle3 letters, starts with RRAO
- 2. One often pictured wearing pointy shoes3 letters, starts with EELF
- 3. Task for an office gofer, maybe9 letters, starts with CCOFFEERUN
- 4. Colorful wrap6 letters, starts with SSERAPE
- 5. Spoke sheepishly?5 letters, starts with BBAAED
- 6. Compound found in marijuana, for short3 letters, starts with CCBD
- 7. What sets the tone4 letters, starts with CCLEF
- 8. Calms7 letters, starts with SSEDATES
- 9. Natural predispositions5 letters, starts with BBENTS
- 10. Builds6 letters, starts with EERECTS
- 11. National park in Utah6 letters, starts with AARCHES
- 12. "Here, try a sample"7 letters, starts with TTAKEONE
- 13. Driver's alternative to automatic5 letters, starts with SSTICK
- 14. Semiaquatic carnivore4 letters, starts with MMINK
- 15. Med. diagnostic3 letters, starts with EECG
- 20. Closest living relative of the [circled letters]5 letters, starts with OOKAPI
- 24. Show groups5 letters, starts with CCASTS
- 25. Golfer Yani5 letters, starts with TTSENG
- 26. "The Jetsons" son5 letters, starts with EELROY
- 27. Attended, as a lecture7 letters, starts with SSATINON
- 31. Temporarily gave6 letters, starts with LLENTTO
- 35. This goes in one ear4 letters, starts with QQTIP
- 36. {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}4 letters, starts with SSETS
- 38. Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps11 letters, starts with SSTORECREDIT
- 39. Term for groups of [circled letters]6 letters, starts with TTOWERS
- 40. Teeny-tiny5 letters, starts with EEENSY
- 42. Free6 letters, starts with NNOCOST
- 45. Sometimes-intentional jeans feature3 letters, starts with RRIP
- 46. Looked upon6 letters, starts with BBEHELD
- 50. "I want you to be honest …"11 letters, starts with LLEVELWITHME
- 52. R&B group Bell Biv ___5 letters, starts with DDEVOE
- 54. Follower of "x" or "y"4 letters, starts with AAXIS
- 56. Pennsylvania school, for short4 letters, starts with PPITT
- 57. Diez minus dos4 letters, starts with OOCHO
- 58. Testify11 letters, starts with BBEARWITNESS
- 60. Chicago's ___ Planetarium5 letters, starts with AADLER
- 63. Salt's formula4 letters, starts with NNACL
- 65. Threads around a forum?4 letters, starts with TTOGA
- 68. "Look at this!"4 letters, starts with TTADA
- 69. Part of WASP5 letters, starts with AANGLO
- 70. "HAHAHAHA!"4 letters, starts with RROFL
- 74. Vow4 letters, starts with OOATH
- 75. Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief4 letters, starts with NNYSE
- 77. Tot's injuries5 letters, starts with OOWIES
- 78. Price for a return, perhaps6 letters, starts with RRANSOM
- 79. Sneaker brand4 letters, starts with FFILA
- 80. Political exile6 letters, starts with EEMIGRE
- 81. Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters]6 letters, starts with AACACIA
- 84. Audibly shocked5 letters, starts with AAGASP
- 86. Big garage, essentially6 letters, starts with HHANGAR
- 87. They're sent after save-the-date cards7 letters, starts with IINVITES
- 90. Tone3 letters, starts with HHUE
- 91. Memo abbr.4 letters, starts with AATTN
- 93. Eight bits4 letters, starts with BBYTE
- 97. Nutty extract9 letters, starts with AALMONDOIL
- 98. French for "yellow"5 letters, starts with JJAUNE
- 99. Tick off5 letters, starts with AANGER
- 102. Filter option5 letters, starts with SSEPIA
- 106. Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at ’em"7 letters, starts with AATOMANT
- 108. Becomes wild, as a party7 letters, starts with GGETSLIT
- 109. Fur pattern on a [circled letters]5 letters, starts with SSPOTS
- 112. Self-reflective question6 letters, starts with AARENTI
- 113. Start to take off, as a onesie6 letters, starts with UUNSNAP
- 116. Practically speechless?6 letters, starts with HHOARSE
- 117. Spelling bee?5 letters, starts with CCOVEN
- 118. Late singer Bryson5 letters, starts with PPEABO
- 120. YouTube button with two lines5 letters, starts with PPAUSE
- 121. Bit of superhero wear4 letters, starts with CCAPE
- 122. "Star Wars" character whose species is never named4 letters, starts with YYODA
- 124. "You reap what you ___"3 letters, starts with SSOW
- 126. Holiday whose name means "festival"3 letters, starts with TTET
- 127. Mork's home planet3 letters, starts with OORK
- 128. "Indeed"3 letters, starts with TTIS
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Questions
What is the answer to “Sometimes-intentional jeans feature”?
RIP, 3 letters: to tear or cut apart roughly.
When was “Sometimes-intentional jeans feature” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of June 21, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with R.