Film subgenre exemplified by "The Thing" or "The Fly" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Film subgenre exemplified by "The Thing" or "The Fly" featured in New York Times puzzle on February 21, 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BODYHORROR.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BODYHORROR Film subgenre exemplified by "The Thing" or "The Fly" (10) New York Times Feb 21, 2026
5% DOO ___-wop (R&B subgenre) (3)
5% SIGNOFTHETIMES Something that exemplifies a particular period (14) USA Today Jan 24, 2026
5% EMO Punk subgenre (3) LA Times Daily Jan 13, 2026
5% SHOOT Film fly (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Dec 20, 2025
5% ALTPOP Chappell Roan subgenre (6) USA Today Dec 15, 2025
4% ONTHEWING Sadly not cutting flying (9) The Times Cryptic Feb 16, 2026
4% SWAT Hit at, as a fly (4) Newsday Feb 15, 2026
4% OBJECT Thing (6) The Times Sunday Concise Feb 15, 2026
4% RBI Sac fly result (3) New York Times Feb 15, 2026

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