All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across featured in New York Times puzzle on October 26, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCATTERSHOT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCATTERSHOT All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across (11) New York Times Oct 26, 2026
6% SILL Spot for a 16-Across or a 25-Across (4) USA Today Oct 21, 2026
6% ALLKIDDINGASIDE "Seriously, though ..." or a hint to 17-, 25-, 48- and 58-Across (15) New York Times Oct 20, 2026
5% TRIALSEPARATION Marital split, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters (15) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2026
5% AMOK See 39-Across (4) Universal Oct 13, 2026
5% DOUBLEDIP Snacking faux pas ... or hint to this puzzle's circled letters (9) New York Times Midi Oct 6, 2026
5% MOIRA See 16-Across (5) Universal Oct 5, 2026
5% LIMO Star's 16 Across (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 12, 2026
5% TWOPIECESUITS Costumes for some businessmen, and a hint to the circled letters (13) Wall Street Journal Sep 10, 2026
5% YOUGOTTHATRIGHT "Amen!" (and a homophonic hint to 16-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across) (15) Wall Street Journal Aug 31, 2026

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