Stuck on the Tiny pit in the 55-Across crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on March 11 2023? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Tiny pit in the 55-Across is:
- FOVEA
Useful hints for “Tiny pit in the 55-Across” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼Interrelated clues are headscratchers, but they usually snap into focus together; once you get one, you get the other. These two — “Tiny pit in the 55-Across” and “See 44-Across” — sounded fruit-related to me, at first. I got 55-Across, RETINA, on crossing letters. But then I got a little squeamish. 44-Across is the FOVEA, a small depression in the back of the eye that provides our sharpest vision (I think you either have to know your eye anatomy or your Latin very well to get this entry, although FOVEA appears in the New York Times Crossword every so often).