Answer: CAT
CAT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 487 times.
Referring Clues:
- Socks, e.g.
 - Black Halloween animal
 - Manx or Persian
 - "The ___ in the Hat" (rhyming Seuss book)
 - Hipster
 - Be-bopper
 - Poe's "The Black __," which first appeared on August 19, 1843
 - Jazzman
 - Mouse catcher
 - Eliot's Grizabella, e.g.
 - Clawer
 - Jazz man
 - Russian blue, e.g.
 - One who litters
 - One kept in the bag?
 - One that litters
 - Big name in the ad biz
 - Pride : lion :: clowder : ___
 - Spiteful gossip
 - Puma or lion
 - Dude
 - Meower
 - Garfield, e.g.
 - Curiosity victim
 - Leopard, e.g.
 - Siamese ___
 - Dr. Seuss character
 - One o' __ (old ball game)
 - 38-Across catcher
 - Cool ___
 - Tabby
 - Subject of a B. Kliban drawing
 - One eyeing a canary, maybe
 - Friskies eater
 - Jazz player
 - Bebopper
 - Cool dude, in jazz
 - Mouse manipulator?
 - Persian, e.g.
 - Bird watcher, maybe
 - Habitual scratcher
 - A fireman might rescue one from a tree
 - Calico, e.g.
 - ___ Island, Bahamas, boyhood home of 47A
 - Object of ailurophobia
 - String player?
 - See 66-Down
 - Purrer
 - Bopper
 - Rum Tum Tugger, for one
 - Excavation machine, for short
 - Mouse chaser
 - Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical
 - Maine coon, e.g.
 - Jaguar, e.g.
 - Cool sort
 - Kind of burglar
 - Sacred animal of the ancient Egyptians
 - Tabby or tiger
 - Garfield or Heathcliff
 - Garfield, for one
 - Alley lurker
 - Abyssinian or Siamese
 - Puma or panther
 - Victim of curiosity
 - Member of the family Felidae
 - Meow Mix muncher
 - The Simpsons' Snowball II, for one
 - Nip or nap preceder
 - Siamese or Persian
 - Jazz aficionado
 - Household pet
 - Dr. Seuss title character
 - Meow Mix consumer
 - Tiger or tabby
 - Fritz or Felix
 - Felix or Fritz, e.g.
 - Hep one
 - Curiosity victim, in an old saying
 - Whiskered pet
 - Better mousetrap?
 - Cool dude
 - Furry purrer
 - Bird watcher
 - Big name in the women's suffrage movement
 - Nap or nip preceder
 - Cool one
 - Manx, for one
 - Litter box visitor
 - One often planted on a window ledge?
 - Tractor make, briefly
 - See 38-Down
 - One ___ (stickball kin)
 - Grizabella, e.g.
 - Persian, for example
 - Manx, e.g.
 - Fancy Feast feaster
 - Hairball sufferer
 - See 8-Down
 - Stimpy, e.g.
 - Litter box user
 - Cool fella
 - Big tractor, informally
 - Tabby or Manx
 - Jazz fan
 - Stray, maybe
 - Bucky of "Get Fuzzy," for one
 - Maine coon, for one
 - Ailurophobe's dread
 - Stray, often
 - Persian, for one
 - Hip dude
 - Seuss hat wearer
 - Tom, for one
 - Persian, say
 - Jazz figure
 - Whiskered one
 - Fiddler in the nursery
 - One who digs gigs
 - Fiddler of rhyme
 - 33 Down pursuer
 - Purring pet
 - Himalayan, for one
 - Leopard or lion
 - Popular pet
 - ''Persian'' pet
 - Lion or leopard
 - Medical acronym
 - Old Deuteronomy, e.g.
 - Lion or tiger
 - Four-legged leaper
 - Ocelot, for one
 - Tabby or calico
 - Tree rescuee
 - Puma, for one
 - Meowing mammal
 - Lynx or leopard
 - Purring 40 Down
 - With 6 Down, X-ray successor
 - Household leaper
 - Natural bird-watcher
 - Hat-wearer of children's literature
 - Frequent litterer
 - Garfield or Morris
 - Purrfect pet?
 - Animal known for its righting reflex
 - Jazz club habitue
 - Turkish Angora, for one
 - Persian or Siamese
 - Grimalkin
 - Rum Tum Tugger or Sylvester
 - Animal that can right itself
 - Stevens who is now Yusuf Islam
 - Sylvester of cartoons, e.g.
 - Notorious bird-watcher
 - Tongue depressor?
 - He digs gigs
 - Eliot's Jennyanydots, e.g.
 - Feline pet
 - Dick Whittington's companion
 - Night stalker
 - Kilkenny fighter of rhyme
 - One familiar with litter
 - Home companion, for some
 - Burmese or Persian, e.g.
 - "Cool" dude
 - Manx or Siamese
 - T.S. Eliot's favorite animal?
 - Eliot's Old Deuteronomy, e.g.
 - Burmese or Siamese
 - Scratching post user
 - Well-known hat wearer of kiddie-lit
 - Tiger
 - Scratching-post user
 - Felix or Sylvester
 - Jazz lover
 - Tabby or tom
 - House ___
 - Sylvester, e.g.
 - Siamese, e.g.
 - Milk lover
 - Purring animal
 - Common house pet
 - Felix or Fritz
 - Ailurophobe's bane
 - Birman or Burmese
 - Cornish Rex or Ragdoll
 - Friskies consumer
 - Maine Coon or Manx
 - "Persian" pet
 - Felix, for one
 - Seuss' hat-wearer
 - Cool fellow
 - Common viral video animal
 - Lynx or panther, e.g.
 - Siamese or tabby
 - Ailurophobe's fear
 - Mouse hunter
 - Panther or puma
 - Whiskas eater
 - Puss
 - One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot
 - Friskies fan
 - Critter to 8-Across, perhaps
 - Title word in many Lilian Jackson Braun novels
 - Jazz club type
 - Jazz buff
 - Double curve
 - Fiddler in a kids' rhyme
 - Lynx or puma
 - Stimpy or Garfield
 - Feline
 - Purr producer
 - Lynx or lion
 - Alley prowler
 - Siamese or Burmese
 - Window-sill sitter
 - Burmese, for one
 - Tabby, e.g.
 - Heathcliff, for one
 - Witch's familiar, usually
 - Heathcliff, e.g.
 - Cheetah or puma
 - Witch's familiar, often
 - Clarinet in 'Peter and the Wolf'
 - Jazz enthusiast
 - Sylvester or Stimpy
 - Purr producer
 - Windowsill sitter
 - "If it fits I sits" animal on icanhascheezburger.com
 - Meowing pet
 - See 85-Across
 - Purring one
 - 'Peace Train' singer Stevens
 - Ocelot, e.g.
 - String chaser
 - Lion, e.g.
 - Alley roamer
 - Slippers in Theodore Roosevelt's White House
 - Alley frequenter
 - Lynx or panther
 - It may be let out of the bag
 - "___ on a Hot Tin Roof"
 - Blofeld's constant companion, in Bond films
 - Shelter purchase, sometimes
 - Mr. Mistoffelees, for one
 - Pet that purrs
 - Furry mouse chaser
 - "Alley" animal
 - Family pet
 - Calico pet
 - See 30-Down
 - Alley hisser
 - Kind of scan
 - Sofa scratcher
 - Hip character
 - Puma, say
 - Whiskered 28-Across
 - Cream lapper
 - KoKo or Yum-Yum, in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries
 - House pet
 - Curiosity victim, in a saying
 - Well-known hat-wearer of kiddie-lit
 - Possible predator of a 26-Down
 - Felix or Morris, e.g.
 - Monopoly token introduced in 2013
 - Two-hulled vessel, for short
 - Manx or lynx
 - Little hisser
 - Scratcher at a post
 - Vet patient
 - See 19-Across
 - Hepster
 - Witch's familiar
 - Adult kitten
 - Purr-fect pet
 - Purr former
 - Siamese or Abyssinian
 - Hep dude
 - Subject of many a viral video
 - Dr. Seuss animal
 - Curiosity killed it
 - Ragamuffin or Maine Coon
 - *See 29-Across
 - Nursery rhyme fiddler
 - Any of T. S. Eliot's "practical" creatures
 - Certain house pet
 - Himalayan, e.g.
 - Tame carnivore
 - Cheshire grinner
 - F. domesticus
 - With 51-Across, med. diagnostic
 - "Cool" guy
 - Sure-footed pet
 - "'Meow' means 'woof' in ___": Carlin
 - "that darn ___"
 - Word with bird or call
 - "The ___ in the Hat"
 - Anne Hathaway's persona in 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises"
 - "Peter and the Wolf" clarinet
 - Bird watcher, perhaps
 - Viral video critter, often
 - Mouse's foe
 - Enemy of the pictured animal
 - Garfield, famously
 - Monopoly token that replaced the iron
 - Morris, e.g.
 - Puma, e.g.
 - Young speller's word
 - Persian or Abyssinian
 - Feline mammal
 - Critter in a clowder
 - Bill the ___
 - Abyssinian, for one
 - See 76-Across
 - Sno-___
 - Word before tail or nip
 - Monopoly token that replaced the iron in 2013
 - Pet that's often aloof
 - Gaggle : goose :: clowder : ___
 - Avid bird watcher?
 - "Dog and ___"
 - One notably entertained by a laser pointer
 - Angora, e.g.
 - Siamese, for one
 - Crookshanks, in Harry Potter fiction
 - Carroll grinner
 - Animal that an ailurophobe fears
 - Cause of an allergic response
 - Iams eater
 - Cougar, e.g.
 - Subject of many an internet meme
 - Stealthy sort
 - Manx
 - Angry hisser
 - Stealthy animal
 - Abyssinian, perhaps
 - Witch's familiar, maybe
 - Birman or Bombay
 - "Loco" sort
 - Manx or Abyssinian
 - Tiger, e.g.
 - Felix of cartoons
 - "What greater gift than the love of a ___?": Dickens
 - Birman or bengal
 - Feline friend
 - See 53-Across
 - Cartoondom's Tom or Sylvester
 - Jaguar, for example
 - Common commensal
 - Clowder creature
 - Possibly pedigreed pet
 - Laser pointer chaser
 - "Cool" hipster
 - Hopeful birdwatcher
 - Hat-wearing Seuss character
 - Type of household pet
 - Monopoly token since 2013
 - Player in an indoor tree
 - Batter of balls?
 - American Shorthair, for one
 - Ailurophile's fancy
 - Indoor ___
 - Persian you pet
 - ___ scan
 - "Cool" sort
 - Half of a "game" pair
 - Milk lapper
 - Word with kin or nip
 - Burmese or Persian
 - Habitual birdwatcher
 - Word with big or house
 - Calico or Sphynx
 - Common pet
 - Sylvester, for one
 - Ocelot, for instance
 - See 33-Across
 - Purr-fect pet?
 - Stevens who sang "Peace Train"
 - Hogwarts' Mrs. Norris is one
 - Sacred creature in ancient Egypt
 - Scratchy of cartoons, e.g.
 - British shorthair, for one
 - Big-time litterer
 - Four-legged housemate
 - Surefooted creature
 - Persian or tabby
 - Bill the ___ (comics character)
 - Leopard or lynx
 - ___-o'-nine-tails
 - Litter member or user
 - Meow Mix eater
 - Pet with "nine lives"
 - ___ toy
 - "victorious" girl who teamed up with carly's sam
 - Canary watcher
 - Many a shelter adoptee
 - Tabby or Siamese
 - Lion or lynx
 - Pet asking for milk, purr-haps?
 - Pet that's not fetching?
 - Pet said to have nine lives
 - "What greater gift than the love of a ___": Charles Dickens
 - 9Lives eater
 - Alley howler
 - One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location
 - Calico, for one
 - Tiger or lion
 - "Breaking ___ News" (comic strip about furry reporters)
 - Cougar or cheetah
 - Object of veneration in ancient Egypt
 - Fiddle player of rhyme
 - Pet with nine lives, they say
 - Pet that meows
 - Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway
 - Four-legged bird watcher
 - Lion, say
 - Felid
 - Animal feared by an ailurophobe
 - Monopoly token elected by an internet vote
 - One may hiss at a dog
 - "What greater gift than the love of a ___?": Charles Dickens
 - Tractor brand, familiarly
 - Pet such as a manx
 - Pusheen, for example
 - Roommate that may leave litter everywhere
 - Fancy Feast fan
 - Animal that, despite popular belief, is usually lactose intolerant
 - Pet that might "make biscuits"
 - Pet that may hiss
 - Tom or tabby
 - ___ burglar
 - Colonel Meow, for one
 - Grown-up kitten
 - Pet that can be polydactyl
 - Its smell scares a mouse
 - Only domestic species in the family Felidae
 - Popular adoptee
 - Animal sitting behind a plate of salad, in a meme
 - Subject of many a funny TikTok
 - Animal such as Jorts or Jean
 - Furball, maybe
 - Roomba rider, in some viral videos
 - Pet hotel guest
 - Litter maker
 - Meowth of Pokémon, for one
 - Dude in a jazz ensemble
 - Pet that uses a litter box
 - Gato, in English
 - Calico or tuxedo
 - Nyan ___ (2011 meme with a Pop-Tart-shaped animal)
 - Calico or tortoiseshell pet
 - Lion or tiger (but not a bear)
 - Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately
 - Cindy Clawford of "Ted Lasso," for one
 - Fluffy cafe denizen
 - Cheetah, e.g.
 - "Karma is a ___ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric
 - Purr-former
 - Jellicle Ball attendee
 - See 24-Across
 - Big name in construction equipment
 - =^.^= creature
 - Ragdoll or tuxedo
 - Whiskas-eating pet
 - Abraham Lincoln was the first to keep one at the White House
 - "___ got your tongue?"
 - Pet whose exposed tummy might be a trap
 - "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying)
 - With 31- and 34-Across, meme about the universe presenting people with kitties
 - Pet that might chirp at squirrels
 - Pet such as Lil Bub
 - Curtain climber, maybe
 - Friskies muncher
 - Tortie or tabby
 - Viral video star, often
 - Pet that can be toilet trained
 - Pet who might purr while on a 2-Down
 - "Ev'rybody Wants To Be a ___" (Disney song)
 - One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps
 - Leopard, lion or lynx
 - Hard animal to herd
 - "You cannot look at a sleeping ___ and feel tense": Jane Pauley
 - Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster
 - See 5-Down
 - Cool ___ (hip person)
 - Pet that might look right at you while batting something off the counter
 
Last Seen In:
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 - USA Today - March 25, 2025
 - New York Times - March 18, 2025
 - LA Times - March 11, 2025
 - LA Times - March 06, 2025
 
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