Square ___ in a round hole — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the May 12 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
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3 letters
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May 12 2026
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November 23 2025
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February 25 2025
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Daily Themed Crossword February 25 2025
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November 10 2024
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Daily Themed Crossword November 10 2024
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August 19 2024
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Daily Themed Crossword August 19 2024
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July 29 2024
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Daily Themed Crossword July 29 2024
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March 28 2023
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Daily Themed Crossword March 28 2023
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June 10 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword June 10 2022
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Coat hanging pin
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3
Part of a coat rack
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3
Wooden pin for hanging clothes
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3
Categorize
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3
Hard throw in baseball
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3
Coat-hanging pin
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3
Cribbage piece
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3
___ Bundy, character from the series "Married... with Children" who qualifies to be a couch potato
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3
Wooden pin for a cribbage board
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3
Hatrack piece
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3
Fix a price, say
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3
Hard throw in baseball
PEG
3
TV's "The ___ Squad" (anagram of "dom")
MOD
3
Letters following "A"
BCD
3
___-cone (dessert on a hot day)
SNO
3
Lady of Eden
EVE
3
Square on a Scrabble board (rhymes with "pile")
TILE
4
Small earring
STUD
4
___ pal (girl friend)
GAL
3
Double-reed instrument
OBOE
4
Touch down, like an airplane
LAND
4
UFO rider
ALIEN
5
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