"Star Wars" character whose species is never named Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"Star Wars" character whose species is never named” from the New York Times crossword of June 21, 2026? It has 4 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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YODA is the answer to “"Star Wars" character whose species is never named”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 4-letter answer that starts with Y.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: OYAD.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Green film character with a green lightsaber”.
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 “"Star Wars" character whose species is never named”?
YODA, 4 letters.
When was “"Star Wars" character whose species is never named” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of June 21, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with Y.