"That was a trick!" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"That was a trick!"” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of November 23, 2025? 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
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025
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TADA is the answer to “"That was a trick!"”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 4-letter answer that starts with T.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ATAD.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “"See, I did it!"”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (November 23, 2025)
Across
- 1. ___ room (leisure site)3 letters, starts with RREC
- 4. Exams for aspiring drs.5 letters, starts with MMCATS
- 9. Quarter Pounder meat5 letters, starts with PPATTY
- 14. Capture3 letters, starts with NNAB
- 17. Gem with kaleidoscopic play-of-color effects4 letters, starts with OOPAL
- 19. Of some chemical bonds5 letters, starts with IIONIC
- 20. Heart chambers5 letters, starts with AATRIA
- 21. Musical Natalie or Nat King4 letters, starts with CCOLE
- 22. "30 Rock" actress Fey4 letters, starts with TTINA
- 23. *Portrayer of Frankenstein's monster in "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942)11 letters, starts with LLONCHANEYJR
- 25. Piece such as "Dido's Lament" from "Dido and Aeneas"4 letters, starts with AARIA
- 26. Standard operating procedure request?7 letters, starts with SSCALPEL
- 28. "House" order3 letters, starts with MMRI
- 29. Not carrying a weapon7 letters, starts with UUNARMED
- 31. Trampled (on)4 letters, starts with TTROD
- 32. *Violinist who, at age 15, was appointed as the youngest ever artist in residence of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra9 letters, starts with CCHLOECHUA
- 37. Highlands family4 letters, starts with CCLAN
- 38. Cummerbund locale5 letters, starts with WWAIST
- 39. Small battery letters3 letters, starts with AAAA
- 40. Stay here!3 letters, starts with IINN
- 41. Scroll in a temple5 letters, starts with TTORAH
- 43. Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayer Guinness4 letters, starts with AALEC
- 44. Period of military service, say5 letters, starts with SSTINT
- 46. ___ patch (thorny thicket)5 letters, starts with BBRIAR
- 48. Fill beyond full4 letters, starts with SSATE
- 49. Filmed again6 letters, starts with RRESHOT
- 51. Page handed out to passersby7 letters, starts with LLEAFLET
- 53. Microphone handlers6 letters, starts with EEMCEES
- 55. Surprised response to "You were right!"4 letters, starts with IIWAS
- 57. Not that excitable5 letters, starts with SSTAID
- 58. Not that exciting4 letters, starts with BBLAH
- 59. Winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, e.g.8 letters, starts with TTRIFECTA
- 63. Wile E. Coyote's explosive3 letters, starts with TTNT
- 64. Advice from a counselor8 letters, starts with GGUIDANCE
- 68. Sense, as audio signals4 letters, starts with HHEAR
- 69. *Picture reproducing the natural colors of a subject (literally, "colored by the sun")11 letters, starts with HHELIOCHROME
- 72. Laboratory bottle4 letters, starts with VVIAL
- 73. Part of a Jaguar that can roar6 letters, starts with EENGINE
- 75. Like the term for a member of the House7 letters, starts with TTWOYEAR
- 76. Segments of movies6 letters, starts with SSCENES
- 78. With whom a hermit lives ... or, read differently, Herman's Hermits singer Peter5 letters, starts with NNOONE
- 79. Me, in Marseille3 letters, starts with MMOI
- 80. Sci-fi role for Keanu3 letters, starts with NNEO
- 82. Stratospheric layer gas5 letters, starts with OOZONE
- 83. "And so, without further ___ ..."3 letters, starts with AADO
- 85. Antique picture tint5 letters, starts with SSEPIA
- 89. 0, in a soccer match3 letters, starts with NNIL
- 91. *Style of some ancient frescoes with religious iconography in the catacombs of Rome17 letters, starts with PPALEOCHRISTIANART
- 97. Mare's offspring4 letters, starts with FFOAL
- 99. "Dude!"3 letters, starts with BBRO
- 100. Abbr. before X, Y or Z3 letters, starts with GGEN
- 101. Commanders' org.3 letters, starts with NNFC
- 102. Neighbor of Illinois4 letters, starts with IIOWA
- 105. Viscounts' superiors5 letters, starts with EEARLS
- 107. Look ___ (analyze)4 letters, starts with IINTO
- 109. "That was a trick!"4 letters, starts with TTADA
- 111. Grass-cutting machine5 letters, starts with MMOWER
- 112. And so on: Abbr.3 letters, starts with EETC
- 113. "Cell Block ___" ("Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz!" song in "Chicago")5 letters, starts with TTANGO
- 115. ___ Rica5 letters, starts with CCOSTA
- 117. Torso muscle, briefly3 letters, starts with PPEC
- 118. Image once believed to depict a legendary monster, reportedly taken in 1934 by Dr. Robert Kenneth Wilson21 letters, starts with TTHESURGEONSPHOTOGRAPH
- 124. Moved like a cat5 letters, starts with SSLUNK
- 125. Pearly gates VIP7 letters, starts with SSTPETER
- 126. Plunders5 letters, starts with LLOOTS
- 127. Mathematical groups4 letters, starts with SSETS
- 128. Strings used in sewing, or a social media app7 letters, starts with TTHREADS
- 129. Body of water whose letters are found in the starred answers (look inside those letters to spell out the monster within)4 letters, starts with LLOCH
Down
- 1. Goes bad4 letters, starts with RROTS
- 2. "Beowulf," e.g.8 letters, starts with EEPICTALE
- 3. Avian term for human "rats"8 letters, starts with CCANARIES
- 4. 1,760 yards = 1 ___4 letters, starts with MMILE
- 5. Nickname for a hip guy that's also the title of a Queen song7 letters, starts with CCOOLCAT
- 6. Landers who gave advice3 letters, starts with AANN
- 7. The first X in X-X-X, or the first O in O-O-O3 letters, starts with TTIC
- 8. Joe ___ (average guy)5 letters, starts with SSCHMO
- 9. Overpowering fear5 letters, starts with PPANIC
- 10. Had noodles or strudels3 letters, starts with AATE
- 11. Make an effort3 letters, starts with TTRY
- 12. City called the "corner of Latin America"7 letters, starts with TTIJUANA
- 13. Strands in a fabric store?4 letters, starts with YYARN
- 14. Cotton mill worker played by Sally Field8 letters, starts with NNORMARAE
- 15. Cause to feel unwelcome8 letters, starts with AALIENATE
- 16. Necklace piece4 letters, starts with BBEAD
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- 21. *Composer who founded the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico12 letters, starts with CCARLOSCHAVEZ
- 24. "What ___ you up to?"3 letters, starts with AARE
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- 30. Be somebody, say?3 letters, starts with AACT
- 33. Icy precipitation4 letters, starts with HHAIL
- 34. Bowling alley divisions5 letters, starts with LLANES
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- 46. Carefree6 letters, starts with BBLITHE
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- 52. Like gowns at a gala5 letters, starts with FFANCY
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- 59. "... and ___ what?"4 letters, starts with TTHEN
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- 67. "Ask somebody ___"4 letters, starts with EELSE
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- 71. Rushed toward5 letters, starts with RRANAT
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- 104. Curved bridge feature4 letters, starts with AARCH
- 106. Evel Knievel's feat5 letters, starts with SSTUNT
- 108. One of its tissues is dentin5 letters, starts with TTOOTH
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- 119. Proceed with litigation3 letters, starts with SSUE
- 120. "Alt.Latino" network3 letters, starts with NNPR
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Questions
What is the answer to “"That was a trick!"”?
TADA, 4 letters.
When was “"That was a trick!"” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of November 23, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with T.