Introduction
Creators of crossword puzzles use techniques such as wordplay, themes, and puns to make the puzzle more engaging and create a challenge for the solver. This clue “Not fixable, as an error” appeared in the NYT Crossword on February 15, 2024. If you are struggling with the clue, we have the answer for you below.
Answer
Clue: Not fixable, as an error
Answer: FATAL (5 letters)
Hints and Explanation
“Fixable” is something that is reparable or resolvable so not fixable means the opposite and “error” is a mistake.
In the context of the clue, this suggests that a mistake can’t be corrected possibly because it is too severe. Paired with other solutions in the grid, the answer turns out to be FATAL.
Crossword Clues on Feb. 15, 2024
Here are the other crossword clues that appeared on Feb. 15, 2024 in the NYT Crossword.
- Existential unease
- N.F.C. South pro
- Hundos
- Word with bank or base
- CD component
- Impressive showbiz quartet
- Stylish dresser
- Essence
- Test for a future Ph.D.
- Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn"
- Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him"
- Aware of
- "Windowpane"
- Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors
- Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo
- "I meant that sarcastically"
- Degree in math?
- Plastic ___ Band
- Not written
- Life of ___
- Degenerate
- Blue
- Sleek ocean swimmers
- Careened across snow, maybe
- Broke one's silence
- Title of respect
- Approved on PolitiFact, say
- Jamaican tangelo
- Throw in
- In the past
- Philanthropy
- Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
- Kind of acid
- It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit
- So-called "missing links"
- Dizzy
- State in debate
- Disinclined
- Controvert
- Flower
- Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"
- Chignon, for one
- "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once
- Told where to go, say
- Response to "Merci"
- Powered down, in a way
- Second of five?
- Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares
- Sat on a clothesline, say
- Permit
- Make love?
- Part of a pen name?
- People also known as the Cat Nation
- Results of some dating app matches
- This too shall pass
- Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco
- Was up
- Graceful
- Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos
- Cleans up
- Spider web, effectively
- Bill supporting public television
- Fat substitute
- Totally pumped
- Disturb, in a way
- Italian apology
- Use X-ray vision on
- Doctor for kids
- Biblical site of a burning bush
- Garden party annoyance, colloquially
- Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue)
- Hoodwink
- Nation with a four-century "Viking Age"
- "I want to go with you!"
- Soft rock
- ___ gun
- Hit or miss, perhaps
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