Threadbare Crossword Clue

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RATTY

(5 letters)

SHABBY

(6 letters)

MOTHEATEN

(9 letters)

FRAYED

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
2. affected by wear; damaged by long use

Hint 2: Clue Definition

THREADBARE (adjective)
1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

RATTY
(5 letters)
SHABBY
(6 letters)
MOTHEATEN
(9 letters)
FRAYED
(6 letters)

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (6/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. Three-sided steak cut

7. All-star Wilson of the 27-Down

10. Versatile file type

13. "Victory lap," for a baseball slugger

16. Noted time period

17. Tiny complimentary serving at a fine dining establishment

18. Stick for an angler

19. One of two words in the shortest verse of the Bible

20. Classic 6-Down that's especially popular in seaside towns

22. Bad name for a dog that lives by a beach

24. Alternatives to sandwiches

25. Thin cookie

27. Forest mushroom with an aptly cartilaginous texture

29. "Good grief, have a little heart"

32. Not just “a”

33. Apt surname for a lawyer or a mixologist

34. Move up and down, as a buoy

35. Human ___, 1960s hippie gathering with a punny name

36. How was __ know?

37. Revolutionary philosopher who argued for U.S. independence from Great Britain in "Common Sense"

41. One of a pair for Shirley Temple or Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

43. Succeed in

44. A fitted one is notoriously hard to fold

45. Quarterback Purdy or wrestler Lesnar

47. Cold one consumed under a hot stream of water while getting ready for a night on the town

49. Common weather forecast for a winter day in the Arctic

53. Area of a clinic for a blood draw or swab test

54. "No need for unnecessary risks"

56. French friend

57. Artisan whose creations go into a succession of furnaces

58. Chest muscle, informally

59. Director Roth

60. Sun ___, Chinese political philosopher who formulated the "Three Principles of the People"

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Down

1. Leave on the counter for a while, as a frozen loaf of bread

2. City that's home to the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum

3. "Ope, that's my karaoke song!"

4. Tries to detect, as a substance in the body

5. Anger

6. Food at an Irish bar, e.g.

7. Famous landmark in St. Louis or Paris

8. Hong Kong filmmaker behind "Face/Off" and "Hard Boiled"

9. Admitted a mistake, so to speak

10. Literary plot twist, from the Greek for "around" and "fall"

11. Suggests something without stating it directly

12. Furbies and Beanie Babies, e.g.

14. Dark crime genre

15. Tooth for a walrus

21. Possessed

23. Line for a tailor

25. How unfortunate

26. More than just a little afraid of heights

27. Grp. for the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky

28. Mathematician Descartes

29. Death announcement, in brief

30. Instrument with a double reed

31. __ de plume

35. Basketball goal that uses the backboard

37. Dangerous thing to live on

38. Doughy dinner item that's fresh from the oven

39. Placed complete confidence in

40. Snapshot, informally

42. Use a needle and thread

45. All ___ are off!

46. Ole Miss athletes, to fans

47. Smack

48. ___ B'rith (Jewish organization)

50. Wall Street Journal and Washington Post output

51. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Willie whose last name is found in "honoree"

55. In the manner of, on a menu

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