Italian cheese Crossword Clue

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Italian cheese Crossword Answer

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RICOTTA

(7 letters)

ASIAGO

(6 letters)

PARMESAN

(8 letters)

PROVOLONE

(9 letters)

BELPAESE

(8 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

ITALIAN (noun)
1. a native or inhabitant of Italy
2. the Romance language spoken in Italy
CHEESE (noun)
1. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
2. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
CHEESE (verb)
1. used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
2. wind onto a cheese

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

RICOTTA
(7 letters)
ASIAGO
(6 letters)
PARMESAN
(8 letters)
PROVOLONE
(9 letters)
BELPAESE
(8 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
MAROON

More NYT Crossword (3/16/2026) Answers

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16. Broadcast

17. Forever

19. Deer mother?

20. Brad of 2025's "F1"

21. "In case it's of interest ...," in brief

22. Plenty of

24. Bugle tune

25. One of a kind

28. Bronx-born congresswoman elected in 2018, familiarly

30. "Great Red" feature of Jupiter

31. Masterwork

36. Wide-eyed and eager

40. Go down to 0%, as a computer battery

41. Allotment

43. ___ word

44. SoCal sch. whose teams are the Aztecs

46. *After the event, as an analysis

48. Ball-___ hammer

50. Teeny-tiny

51. Reciprocal exchange

57. Historian's focus

60. "Me too," formally

61. One might end with "com" or "org"

62. Water, in Juárez

63. ___ chi

64. Stereotypical charmers ... or those charmed by the answers to the starred clues?

68. Before today?

69. Gem mined in Australia

70. Exact retribution for

71. Sleep cycle inits.

72. Chap

73. Term of address for a nun

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1. Not suitable

2. Social ___ (TikTok, Instagram, etc.)

3. Locales for the late news?

4. Kicks down the road, as a decision

5. Santa's little helper

6. Innocent sorts

7. Hypothetical (one hopes!) global conflict, for short

8. Beanie or beret

9. Carefully monitored hosp. area

11. Negative press for a celeb, say

12. Condiment with lots of garlic ... and vowels

13. Family diagrams

18. Greenwich Village campus, in brief

23. Like a book about writing a book, say

26. Fighter pilot's garb

27. ___ salts

29. Recipe unit

31. Rx writers

32. A helping hand

33. Sullen sort

34. City that's home to the University of Maine

35. Six, for a touchdown: Abbr.

37. Staffer in a flight terminal

38. "All for ___ and ___ for all!"

39. Workout site

42. Pronto

45. Fancy coif

47. Improves, as a bike path

49. Literary afterthought

51. Mideast nation ruled by the House of Thani

52. Meter reading

53. "Talk turkey" or "eat crow"

54. Warm bed covering

55. Still life vessel

56. Earthen pots, from the Spanish

58. Sudden increase

59. Weapon that stuns

65. Tail-less primate

66. Beachgoer's "souvenir"

67. Prefix meaning "egg"

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