Sport with striking and grappling, for short Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Sport with striking and grappling, for short featured in New York Times puzzle on December 2, 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MMA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MMA Sport with striking and grappling, for short (3) New York Times Dec 2, 2025
6% UMPS Strike callers, for short (4)
6% STATS Sports numbers, for short (5) Commuter Nov 11, 2025
6% SUMO Grappling sport (4) Newsday Jul 6, 2023
5% WATERSKI With a short, short, short sleep, travel overseas? (8) The Times Cryptic Dec 2, 2025
5% GOODGAME Sporting phrase (8) LA Times Daily Nov 29, 2025
5% EPS Short albums, for short (3) USA Today Nov 28, 2025
5% POLO Sport with ponies (4) Universal Nov 27, 2025
5% ESPY Sports award (4) USA Today Quick Nov 25, 2025
5% S Sports award (1) USA Today Quick Nov 25, 2025

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