Obstacles ... or a hint to three squares in this puzzle Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Obstacles ... or a hint to three squares in this puzzle featured in New York Times puzzle on October 1, 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 15 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STUMBLINGBLOCKS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STUMBLINGBLOCKS Obstacles ... or a hint to three squares in this puzzle (15) New York Times Oct 1, 2026
6% NONET Three-by-three box in a sudoku puzzle (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 19, 2026
6% STAIRS Shape of the black-square segments in this puzzle (6) The Atlantic Sep 19, 2026
6% ELEVATORMUSIC Uplifting tunes? ... or a hint to the circled squares (13) New York Times Sep 7, 2026
6% NINE Three squared (4) Commuter Aug 20, 2026
6% JAMPACKED Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle (9) New York Times Aug 6, 2026
6% GANGBUSTERS Wildly successful, or what three black squares in this puzzle literally are (11) LA Times Daily Aug 6, 2026
6% SEVENSEAS Domain for sailors ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's circled squares? (9) New York Times Midi Jul 31, 2026
6% CLUE Puzzle hint (4) Commuter Jul 29, 2026
6% COLONY American settlement until 1776 … or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle (6) New York Times Jul 2, 2026

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