Pearl or peridot Crossword Clue

We have the 3-letter answer for Pearl or peridot crossword clue, last seen in the NYT Crossword June 1, 2026 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

Pearl or peridot Crossword Answer

→16.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
2. a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PERIDOT (noun)
1. a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
PEARL (noun)
1. a shape that is spherical and small
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
PEARL (verb)
1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (6/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fruit preserves

4. Bottled water brand

10. Status ___

13. "Long, long ___..."

14. High school assessment scored from 1 to 5

15. Address starting "http"

17. Despise

18. Conclusion

19. Quick punches

21. "You," archaically

23. One taking office dictation

25. Blunder

28. Concert pianos

30. Like haunted houses and lifelike dolls

31. Sardine container

32. Accede to an agreement without getting everything one wants

35. ___-haw

36. Dominican slugger Sammy

38. Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang

39. Roosters' mates

40. Nightmare scenario

43. Emerged victorious … or what this puzzle's constructor did, as indicated by the shaded squares

47. Smokey Robinson's record label

48. Capital of Oman

50. North Carolina university

51. Leo XIV, for one

54. Jingle or ditty

55. Filing job, for short?

56. Touch

57. ___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors"

58. Poems of praise

59. More than a few, but less than a lot

60. A village in Wales has one with 58 letters - the world's longest

61. It might read "Miss Universe"

62. Burn the surface of

63. 'Curses!'

All Answers

Down

1. Spree

2. What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies

3. High-waisted fashion trend of the 1990s

4. Physiques that aren't quite perfect

5. Copies

6. Actor's workplace

7. Cut out

8. Thomas ___, early political cartoonist and critic of Boss Tweed

9. Sign me up!

10. Reality show starring the "Fab Five"

11. Big coffee holder

12. Dated

20. Newswoman Curry

22. Before to Shakespeare

23. Certain members of a police dept.

24. Musical threesome

26. Go on before the main show, say

27. Liquors that go in Manhattans

29. Superfan's ticket purchase

30. It measures audience feedback

33. Ballerina's skirt

34. Gait faster than a walk

37. Give a tut-tut, e.g.

39. Place to hang a fedora

41. Classic archery wood

42. Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog)

43. Pina ___

44. Makes up (for)

45. Sight-related

46. Southernmost country in Central America

47. Short office messages

49. Core belief

52. Thin woodwind

53. Pouncing predator

All Answers