“Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them”
This clue appeared as 12-Down in the NYT Crossword on Friday, October 23, 2026. The answer has 9 letters.
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The clue “Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them” ran in the NYT Crossword on October 23, 2026 as 12-Down. Its answer is a 9-letter word that starts with M and ends with S, with 3 vowels, which often points to a phrase, a name or a borrowed word.
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What is the answer to the “Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them” clue?+
The answer is MARYJANES (9 letters), from the NYT Crossword of October 23, 2026.
Where has this clue appeared?+
We have seen it 1 time in the NYT Crossword.
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