NYT Crossword · 5 Across
“Scaredy-cat” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Monday, September 21, 2026 as 5 Across. The answer has 4 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 · Monday, September 21, 2026 · 5 Across
This clue has had more than one answer
- Sep 21, 2026 · 5 Across · 4 letters
- Oct 11, 2023 · 48 Across · 7 letters
- Nov 15, 2020 · 75 Down · 4 letters
- Feb 20, 2012 · 57 Down · 4 letters
- Aug 10, 2011 · 1 Down · 4 letters
- Jan 3, 2006 · 65 Across · 5 letters
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The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Monday, September 21, 2026.
Across
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- 9Leafs (through) crossword clue5 letters
- 14Album for which Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize crossword clue4 letters
- 15Berry at a smoothie shop crossword clue4 letters
- 16Company behind the game Pong crossword clue5 letters
- 17Mentally pooped crossword clue15 letters
- 201960s service site, informally crossword clue3 letters
- 21Common injury site for a basketball player, informally crossword clue3 letters
- 22Thick, as plant growth crossword clue4 letters
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- 28Commercial that may come with a jingle crossword clue7 letters
- 29Took a chair crossword clue3 letters
- 30Eager crossword clue4 letters
- 31Hair parter crossword clue4 letters
- 34Continue a subscription crossword clue5 letters
- 38Barely passing grade crossword clue3 letters
- 39Decade of W.W. II ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across crossword clue7 letters
- 41Around 18, typically, for a high school graduate crossword clue3 letters
- 42Sometimes-floral organic compound crossword clue5 letters
- 44Draped Indian garment crossword clue4 letters
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- 46Crosses (out) crossword clue3 letters
- 48Conjures up, say crossword clue7 letters
- 50"If I'm being honest ..." crossword clue14 letters
- 54Cook, in a way, as ahi tuna crossword clue4 letters
- 55Opposite of 'neath crossword clue3 letters
- 56Fools' mo. crossword clue3 letters
- 57"A fight requires more than one person" crossword clue15 letters
- 63"I'm available to help" crossword clue5 letters
- 64Modern note-taking aid crossword clue4 letters
- 65Plant in a marsh crossword clue4 letters
- 66Spanish babies crossword clue5 letters
- 67What a paper airplane icon may indicate crossword clue4 letters
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Down
- 1Big letters in home security crossword clue3 letters
- 2___ Paulo, Brazil crossword clue3 letters
- 3Comment that might follow "None for me, thanks" crossword clue9 letters
- 4Relief for an upset stomach crossword clue7 letters
- 5Simple two-player card game crossword clue3 letters
- 6Drink cooler crossword clue3 letters
- 7Angry with crossword clue5 letters
- 8Throw from a mound crossword clue5 letters
- 9Butter square crossword clue3 letters
- 10Any Olympian crossword clue7 letters
- 11First name of Julius Caesar crossword clue5 letters
- 12Artist Max crossword clue5 letters
- 13Worshiper in a turban crossword clue4 letters
- 18Texter's qualifier crossword clue4 letters
- 19Cries in a fútbol stadium crossword clue4 letters
- 23Barter crossword clue5 letters
- 24Roof overhangs crossword clue5 letters
- 25It may have a hard or soft shell crossword clue4 letters
- 26Things indicated by squiggly lines in cartoons crossword clue5 letters
- 27Paves the way? crossword clue4 letters
- 32N.Y.C. subway letters crossword clue3 letters
- 33Hardwood whose bark is sometimes used as paper crossword clue5 letters
- 35Leader of an 1831 revolt against slavery crossword clue9 letters
- 36Spearfishing bird crossword clue5 letters
- 37People of SW Britain crossword clue5 letters
- 39Without charge crossword clue4 letters
- 40The Emerald Isle crossword clue4 letters
- 43Like skydiving or cliff-diving crossword clue7 letters
- 45Dashboard or bumper crossword clue7 letters
- 47Place to put a coin crossword clue4 letters
- 49Coup d'___ crossword clue4 letters
- 50Joke with crossword clue5 letters
- 51Like some wine barrels crossword clue5 letters
- 52___ and Clark crossword clue5 letters
- 53Familiar narrative device crossword clue5 letters
- 54Leave dumbfounded crossword clue4 letters
- 58French possessive crossword clue3 letters
- 59Catch some rays crossword clue3 letters
- 60Bizarre crossword clue3 letters
- 61"Golly!" crossword clue3 letters
- 62Poetic tribute crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Scaredy-cat”?
The answer has 4 letters. It starts with W and ends with P, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Scaredy-cat” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Monday, September 21, 2026, at 5 Across. It has appeared 6 times in the NYT Crossword since we started our archive.
What is the answer to the “Scaredy-cat” crossword clue?
It has had different answers on different days; the latest is WIMP. The answer section above lists each day with its answer.