NYT Crossword · 16 Across
“Offset, as something on a scale” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 as 16 Across. The answer has 14 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 · 16 Across
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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
- 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
- 56Be afraid to crossword clue7 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 “Offset, as something on a scale”?
The answer has 14 letters. It starts with C and ends with E, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Offset, as something on a scale” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 16 Across.
What is the answer to the “Offset, as something on a scale” crossword clue?
The answer is COUNTERBALANCE (14 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.