Answer: NODS
NODS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 188 times.
Referring Clues:
- Silent signals
 - Auction actions
 - Appears to agree
 - Signals at Sotheby's
 - Signs of approval
 - Indicates assent
 - Acceptances
 - Some auction bids
 - Silent votes
 - Go-aheads
 - Drifts off
 - Silent assents
 - Dozes
 - Actions at auctions
 - Signals agreement
 - Agrees, in a way
 - Drops off
 - Gives a heady answer?
 - Goes to sleep, with "off"
 - Lets mistakes pass
 - O.K.'s
 - Nonverbal O.K.'s
 - Some yeses
 - Dozes off
 - Signals the auctioneer
 - Acknowledges silently
 - Auction acknowledgements
 - Subtle signals
 - Signals approval
 - Assents, visually
 - Dozes (off)
 - Award nominations, e.g.
 - Affirmations to pitchers
 - Agrees nonverbally
 - Indicates agreement
 - Gives assent
 - Expresses assent
 - Misses part of the lecture, perhaps
 - Unspoken okays
 - Some okays
 - Snoozes
 - Some bids
 - Reacts to a long speech, maybe
 - OKs you can't hear
 - Head-shaking answers
 - Quiet bids
 - Unobtrusive signals
 - Becomes careless
 - Silent answers
 - Bean dips?
 - Assents noiselessly
 - Silent bids
 - Indicates it's OK
 - Assents, in a way
 - Indicates yes, in a way
 - Tacit assents
 - Tacit approvals
 - Silently shows agreement
 - Gives a signal
 - Unspoken agreements?
 - Consents silently
 - Tacit OKs
 - Affirmative actions
 - Gives approval, in a way
 - Shows agreement, in a way
 - Signals silently
 - Auction assents
 - Agrees silently
 - Signs an agreement?
 - Drifts (off)
 - Misses some of the lecture, perhaps
 - Gives a heady response?
 - Quiet assents
 - Gives a heady reply?
 - Indicates 64 Across
 - Some silent answers
 - Endorsements
 - Moves a head?
 - Drops (off)
 - Drops (off)
 - Head-motion assents
 - Affirmative moves
 - Indicates agreement, nonverbally
 - Dozes, with "off"
 - Approvals
 - Looks sleepy
 - Auction bids
 - Silent OKs
 - Starts to fall asleep
 - Affirmative actions?
 - Agrees tacitly
 - Affirma-tive actions
 - Auction signals
 - 'Yes' signals
 - Gestures 'yes'
 - Looks sleepy
 - Okays with a head bob
 - Shows agreement silently
 - Signals 'OK'
 - Silent yeses
 - Starts to doze
 - Signs of agreement
 - Inattention indications
 - Bids silently
 - Approves quietly
 - Auction action
 - Nonverbal approvals
 - Shows signs of wanting to nap
 - Silent approvals
 - Go-ahead signals
 - Gets sleepy
 - Greets silently
 - Affirmative motions
 - Gestures of assent
 - Head-moving assents
 - Silent agreements
 - Indicates "yes," in a way
 - Tacit okays
 - Signals assent
 - Shows support, in a way
 - Silent acceptances
 - Agrees quietly
 - Nonverbal acceptances
 - Some acceptances
 - Wordless okays
 - Quiet yeses
 - Signaled yeses
 - Head gestures
 - Approving bobs
 - Subtle auction bids
 - Moves of agreement
 - Gives silent approval
 - Approves silently
 - Starts to snooze
 - Some O.K.s
 - Assents at Christie's
 - Signals "OK" with one's head
 - Some signals from pitchers
 - "Even Homer ___" (old saying)
 - Silent affirmatives
 - Up-and-down signals
 - Nonverbal go-aheads
 - Unspoken approvals
 - Some assents
 - Uh-huh accompaniers
 - Silent consents
 - Sleeps in a sitting position
 - Indicates assent silently
 - Nonvocal assents
 - Visual okays
 - Nonverbal OKs
 - Silent 34-Downs
 - Falls asleep, with "off"
 - Assents silently
 - Sanctions, so to speak
 - Gives a silent okay
 - Silent signals of approval
 - Silently agrees
 - Agreeing gestures
 - Nonspoken approvals
 - Subtle endorsements
 - Communicates nonverbally, in a way
 - Okays
 - Subtle approvals
 - Welcome responses from an audience
 - Gestures of agreement
 - Up-and-down head signals
 - Approving gestures
 - Agrees without words
 - Shows interest ... or a lack of it
 - Bits of homage
 - Says yes silently
 - Indicators of acknowledgment
 - Agrees wordlessly
 - ___ off (dozes)
 - Nonverbal assents
 - Says yes, but silently
 - Wordlessly agrees
 - Shows drowsiness
 - Wordless assents
 - Silent acknowledgments
 - Subtle shouts
 - Signs of recognition
 - Auction actions that might indicate bids
 - Shows understanding
 - Gestures of recognition
 - Expresses silent agreement
 - Award nominations, so to speak
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
 - USA Today - September 25, 2025
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 - LA Times - August 18, 2025
 - USA Today - June 25, 2025
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 - LA Times - February 25, 2025
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 - USA Today - June 27, 2024
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 - New York Times - February 12, 2024
 - USA Today - January 24, 2024
 
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