The clue "buff" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 22, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "TONED", a 5-letter word.
Solution TONED is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution TONED is 5 letters long. We have 34 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 277 solutions. The longest is CAVALIERE SERVENTE with 17 letters, and the shortest is OR with 2 letters.
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Solutions are between 2 and 17 letters long.