Spot for cats and rats Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Spot for cats and rats” from the New York Times crossword of August 26, 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, AUGUST 26, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the New York Times (August 26, 2025)

Across

1. Something tapped at a bar
4. ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.)
8. Go caroling, say
12. British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The"
15. Devils' center, appropriately
16. Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe
18. Stead
19. University just north of Harvard
20. Overall impact
22. Like drone photography
23. "Look here …"
24. Study of the mind, for short
29. Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson
31. Attire for a contemporary dancer
33. Source of a certain essential oil
37. R, as in a Rolls-Royce?
38. Hush-hush
39. What the shepherd heard, perhaps
40. Highest level of minor-league baseball
42. They spike during the holidays
43. Apt name for a socialite?
45. Some pre-streaming music purchases
47. Goose of Hawaii
48. Global movement to end violence against women
51. That's unbelievable!
53. "That's unbelievable!"
55. Fish that can burrow into the seabed
56. Subtle acknowledgment
57. Carpenter or plumber's kit
60. Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for
63. Toilette water
64. Like goods bought before they hit the shelves
65. Alternative to AOL
66. Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle
67. When a plane is due in, in brief

Down

1. Didn't tell, as a secret
2. Light beige
3. Blooper
4. Combatants in the Titanomachy
5. Teacher's pest
6. Former NPR host Hansen
7. In line with
8. Beginning of consciousness?
9. Group of elite colleges
10. Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps
11. Largest human muscle, informally
13. Little fastener
14. Comic actor Jacques
17. Sailors
21. A&W specialties
22. Broadcasts
24. Where the sidewalk ends
25. First-year legal student, informally
26. Donate
27. Like a good sharpshooter's hand
28. À la ___
30. Renewable gasoline additive
32. Anti-trafficking org.
33. ___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence)
34. Cry to a captor
35. Idyllic spot
36. Ultimatum word
41. ___ in the hole
44. Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears
46. Cutlass, e.g.
48. Italian scooter brand
49. Darlings
50. Spot for cats and rats
52. "My gut says …"
54. Today, in Tijuana
56. What you'd expect when you're expecting?
57. Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily
58. Big ___ (college conference)
59. Common sushi fish
61. Certain parent
62. Make a typo, say

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Questions

What is the answer to “Spot for cats and rats”?

ALLEY, 5 letters: a narrow passageway.

When was “Spot for cats and rats” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of August 26, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

5 letters, starting with A.