Animal that can't change its stripes, per an old adage Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Animal that can't change its stripes, per an old adage featured in New York Times Mini puzzle on November 21, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TIGER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TIGER Animal that can't change its stripes, per an old adage (5) New York Times Mini Nov 21, 2025
56% ZEBRA Striped animal (5) The Telegraph Quick Aug 20, 2025
49% SAW Adage; spotted (3) The Telegraph Mini Nov 6, 2025
49% SAYING Proverb or adage (6) USA Today Oct 24, 2025
49% BASS Striped __ (4) LA Times Daily Oct 24, 2025
49% MAXIM Wise adage (5) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
47% ZEBRAS Animals that each have a unique stripe pattern (6) Universal Nov 3, 2025
47% ELK Animal whose antlers can grow up to an inch per day (3) New York Times Mini Oct 20, 2025
45% MAYO Can possibly with old sauce (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 6, 2025
45% HARE Rhea changed into another animal (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 3, 2025

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