NYT Crossword · 56 Across
“Be afraid to” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 as 56 Across. The answer has 7 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Wednesday, June 18, 2025 · 56 Across
Every time this clue appeared
- Jun 18, 2025 · 56 Across · 7 letters
- Apr 10, 2024 · 9 Down · 7 letters
- Jul 4, 2008 · 44 Down · 7 letters
- Jan 23, 2005 · 55 Down · 7 letters
- May 25, 2003 · 113 Down · 7 letters
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More clues from this puzzle
The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
Across
- 1Near crossword clue4 letters
- 5Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe" crossword clue4 letters
- 9Squeak remover crossword clue4 letters
- 13Look bad? crossword clue4 letters
- 14Not his crossword clue4 letters
- 15"By Jove!" crossword clue4 letters
- 16Offset, as something on a scale crossword clue14 letters
- 19It might be swiped for cash crossword clue7 letters
- 20Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe crossword clue3 letters
- 21Mo. setting crossword clue3 letters
- 23M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniform crossword clue5 letters
- 24Gad about at a banquet crossword clue8 letters
- 26John or Jane of anonymity crossword clue3 letters
- 27Bite at a bar crossword clue4 letters
- 30Job security, for some crossword clue6 letters
- 31Not just my crossword clue3 letters
- 32Mind-boggling designs crossword clue5 letters
- 34Like hand-me-downs crossword clue4 letters
- 35Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging crossword clue9 letters
- 38"Star Wars" species on Tatooine crossword clue4 letters
- 41Sentiment on el Día de San Valentín crossword clue5 letters
- 42Card crossword clue3 letters
- 45Brewer Coors crossword clue6 letters
- 48Once, once crossword clue4 letters
- 49Perfect serve crossword clue3 letters
- 50Hit the pubs crossword clue8 letters
- 52Had crossword clue5 letters
- 54Bygone initials at JFK crossword clue3 letters
- 55"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief crossword clue3 letters
- 58Rainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across crossword clue14 letters
- 61Capital on the Baltic Sea crossword clue4 letters
- 62Went through channels? crossword clue4 letters
- 63Medicinal name in the shampoo aisle crossword clue4 letters
- 64Short first step crossword clue4 letters
- 65Takes up, as some new pants crossword clue4 letters
- 66Pennsylvania city or its county crossword clue4 letters
Down
- 1"Impossible!" crossword clue7 letters
- 2"Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' Day crossword clue7 letters
- 3Not so happy crossword clue7 letters
- 4Therefore crossword clue5 letters
- 5Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame crossword clue4 letters
- 6What's rounded up in a roundup crossword clue4 letters
- 7Earth or sun, for example crossword clue3 letters
- 8Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593) crossword clue5 letters
- 9Likely (to) crossword clue6 letters
- 10SEAL's org. crossword clue3 letters
- 11Wine god of myth crossword clue7 letters
- 12House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g. crossword clue7 letters
- 17Anchor or heart, maybe crossword clue6 letters
- 18Letters before Q, sometimes crossword clue4 letters
- 22"Decorated," as a house for Halloween crossword clue4 letters
- 24North Carolina athlete crossword clue7 letters
- 25Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___" crossword clue4 letters
- 28"The Simpsons" shopkeeper crossword clue3 letters
- 29What a handshake may lead to crossword clue4 letters
- 33Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire crossword clue4 letters
- 35Course that may follow trig crossword clue4 letters
- 36Verbal hesitations crossword clue3 letters
- 37Chopper parts crossword clue6 letters
- 38Pokes in the ring crossword clue4 letters
- 392019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thriller crossword clue7 letters
- 40"I don't care what that cost!" crossword clue7 letters
- 42"You in?" crossword clue7 letters
- 43Freeze up crossword clue7 letters
- 44The first one was delivered in 1984 crossword clue7 letters
- 46Like a house built in a day, say crossword clue6 letters
- 47Long way to go? crossword clue4 letters
- 51"Sound" of a point sailing over someone's head crossword clue5 letters
- 53Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" crossword clue5 letters
- 56Small amount of whiskey crossword clue4 letters
- 57Goals crossword clue4 letters
- 59It's not you, it's me crossword clue3 letters
- 60"You ___ me!" crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Be afraid to”?
The answer has 7 letters. It starts with D and ends with T, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Be afraid to” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 56 Across. It has appeared 5 times in the NYT Crossword since we started our archive.
What is the answer to the “Be afraid to” crossword clue?
The answer is DARENOT (7 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.