Answer: HUSK
HUSK is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 28 times.
Referring Clues:
- Ear flap?
 - Corn covering
 - Outer coconut layer
 - Ear covering
 - Ear flaps?
 - Tamale wrapper
 - Dry covering
 - Shell
 - Outer coconut layer, e.g.
 - Corn residue
 - Corn peel
 - Corn coating
 - Coat for corn
 - Prepare for cooking, as corn
 - Outer covering
 - Strip, as corn
 - Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 42-Across
 - Corn cover
 - Peanut shell
 - Chaff
 - Covering of a corn ear
 - Corn's coat
 - Cover for an ear
 - Tamal wrapper
 - Dry shell
 - Outer ear?
 - Ear protection?
 - Wrapper for a tamale
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 17, 2025
 - New York Times - June 28, 2024
 - LA Times - September 16, 2023
 - New York Times - July 01, 2023
 - LA Times - May 02, 2023
 - LA Times - July 15, 2022
 - USA Today - October 07, 2020
 - New York Times - June 17, 2020
 - New York Times - January 22, 2020
 - LA Times - September 06, 2019
 - Netword - September 01, 2019
 - USA Today - January 09, 2019
 - LA Times - January 01, 2019
 - Netword - December 23, 2018
 - New York Times - June 04, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - February 11, 2018
 - Universal - July 13, 2017
 - Universal - June 23, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 16, 2016
 - Netword - November 14, 2016
 
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