Answer: TIC
TIC is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 224 times.
Referring Clues:
- First of three-in-a-row
- Opening in "Hollywood Squares"
- The first X of X-X-X
- Quirk
- Certain X
- Behavioral quirk
- Facial movement
- Facial spasm
- Twitch
- Game opener
- The first X?
- Spasm
- Jerk
- Idiosyncrasy
- Personal quirk
- Muscle spasm
- Sudden contraction
- Start of a simple game
- An X could represent it
- Foible
- ___-tac-toe
- The first O of O-O-O
- Part of three-in-a-row
- Quirky behavior
- One might be verbal
- X-X-X part
- Start of a winning combination
- Certain X or O
- Muscle movement
- ___ Tacs (breath mints)
- Peculiarity
- Quirky habit
- Odd mannerism
- First X, potentially
- "___ Tac Dough"
- Muscle problem
- Nervous twitch
- Habitual spasm
- Sign of nerves
- Start of a pencil-and-paper game
- Sign of guilt, perhaps
- Recurring blink, say
- Sign of nerves, perhaps
- Behavioral aberration
- Little jerk
- Small throe
- Square one?
- The first X of XXX
- Nervous mannerism
- Unconscious quirk
- ___ Tac (breath freshener)
- Tourette's movement
- Mannerism
- First X or O
- Small spasmodic reaction
- It can't be helped
- Half a mint
- Quirky trait
- __-tac-toe
- First of three O's, perhaps
- Start of a grid game
- Start of a grid-based game
- Opening in "Hollywood Squares," essentially
- A little jerk?
- ''___ Tac Dough'' (game show)
- Uncontrollable movement
- First X
- Involuntary muscular contraction
- Facial twitch
- First O
- "___-Tac-Dough" (quiz show)
- Sign of stress
- Nervous reaction
- Odd habit
- Recurrent twitch
- X or O, in a game
- One-third of a child's game
- First of a game trio
- Small spasm
- Persistent personal quirk
- Game name start
- First X, maybe
- Half a mint?
- It could be represented by an "X"
- Contraction of a sort
- First X or O, say
- Bad liar's giveaway
- Mannerism or spasm
- First O of O-O-O
- Personality quirk
- Quirk or jerk
- "___ Tac Dough" (game show)
- Half a breath mint?
- Part of OOO
- Habitual jerk
- "Twitch," minus every other letter
- Nervous twinge
- Little spasm
- "___-Tac-Dough"
- A kind of twitch
- First O, say
- First correct "Hollywood Squares" square
- Nervous movement
- First correct "Hollywood Squares" spot
- First "O" of O-O-O
- First of three X's or O's
- ___ -tac-toe
- Involuntary contraction
- Nervous habit
- First X or O?
- First O, maybe
- First X?
- First 'O'?
- ___ Tac
- ___ Tac (breath mint)
- Muscle jerk
- '___ Tac Dough'
- Muscular contraction
- First X, say
- "___ Tac Dough" (old game show)
- Muscular twitch
- With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid
- Square one of a child's game?
- Involuntary muscle movement
- One of the X's in X-X-X
- Starting O, maybe
- One of the X's in XXX
- Poker table tell, maybe
- Involuntary movement
- Involuntary sign of nerves
- Small jerk
- Involuntary spasm
- Little jerk?
- Jerk or quirk
- Tiny spasm
- Poker game tell, maybe
- Minor facial spasm, say
- Not too big a jerk
- Constantly twirling a lock of hair, e.g.
- ___ Tac (mint)
- Part of O-O-O
- Hold 'em tell, maybe
- Tac's minty partner
- Partner of toc
- Nystagmus
- Involuntary wink, maybe
- Neurotic spasm
- -tac-toe
- Part of X-X-X
- First X in a game
- Quirk of behavior
- First o in o-o-o
- Tourette's symptom
- Uncontrolled contraction
- It may be a sign of stress
- With 48-Across, Altoids alternative
- Part of XXX
- Constantly adjusting one's glasses, e.g.
- It can be an X or an O
- Habitual idiosyncrasy
- First syllable of a simple game
- Involuntary twitch, e.g.
- An habitual twitch
- Sudden facial contraction
- Recurrent behavior
- "___-Tac-Dough": TV game show
- Behavioral oddity
- Rapid blinking, e.g.
- It may be nervous
- One may be nervous
- Sign of nervousness
- Obsession
- Muscle twitch
- Rapid eye blinking, e.g.
- One might be nervous
- Nervous motion
- Idiosyncratic contraction
- Periodically tugging on one's ear, say
- Repetitive throat-clearing, e.g.
- Breath mint word
- Throat clearing, perhaps
- Sign of nerves, maybe (2)
- Uncontrollable spasm
- Personal hallmark
- ___ Tac mints
- Idiosyncratic habit
- Sudden spasm
- Nose twitch, e.g.
- Involuntary habit
- Poker game tell, perhaps
- Constant grimacing, e.g.
- With 3 Down, Certs alternative
- Constant knuckle-cracking, e.g.
- Constant lip-chewing, e.g.
- First of three X's
- First syllable of a kids' menu game
- Involuntary jerk, e.g.
- Little bit of personality
- ___ Tacs
- With 50 and 55 Across, the "central" theme
- Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps
- What the odd letters in "twitch" spell
- First of three game X's
- Syllable before "Tac" or "-tac-toe"
- Idiosyncratic twitch
- Eccentricity
- Check mark*
- Syllable before "tac" in a game
- "___-Tac-Dough" (game show)
- The first "X" of X-X-X
- *Strategic maneuver
- Third of a game?
- It can precede or follow tac
- Eye twitch, maybe
- The first "O" of O-O-O
- Idiosyncratic behavior
- Start of X-X-X
- Classic game opener
- Game piece?
- Twirling one's hair, e.g.
- Start of a winning row
- ___ Tacs (mints)
- First of three O's
- Recurring quirk
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - December 13, 2024
- LA Times - October 19, 2024
- USA Today - October 11, 2024
- New York Times - May 12, 2024
- New York Times - April 28, 2024
- New York Times - April 10, 2024
- LA Times - March 20, 2024
- LA Times - January 17, 2024
- USA Today - January 08, 2024
- LA Times - November 18, 2023
- New York Times - October 11, 2023
- LA Times - September 04, 2023
- New York Times - August 01, 2023
- LA Times - April 05, 2023
- New York Times - February 16, 2023
- New York Times - January 22, 2023
- New York Times - January 08, 2023
- USA Today - October 17, 2022
- New York Times - September 28, 2022
- New York Times - August 18, 2022
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