Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak Crossword Clue

• "'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem)

  New York Times · Thursday, September 17, 2026 · 4 letters

• "Thing with feathers that perches in the soul," per Emily Dickinson

  New York Times · Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · 4 letters

• Word on either side of "against"

  New York Times · Saturday, October 25, 2025 · 4 letters

• A "waking dream," per Aristotle

  New York Times · Sunday, May 19, 2024 · 4 letters

• Last thing left in Pandora's box

  New York Times · Friday, May 17, 2024 · 4 letters

• Intend

  New York Times · Saturday, April 6, 2024 · 4 letters

• Word at the center of Rhode Island's flag

  New York Times · Saturday, January 7, 2023 · 4 letters

• Cross one's fingers

  New York Times · Sunday, June 19, 2022 · 4 letters

• It springs eternal

  New York Times · Monday, March 14, 2022 · 4 letters

• Wish

  New York Times · Tuesday, October 19, 2021 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 29-Down Pulitzer-winning novelist Anthony
• 30-Down Fake
• 31-Across Hospital dept. that sounds like a sentence
• 31-Down "Understood"
• 32-Down Michael who played Allan in "Barbie"
• 33-Down Home to Leningrad, for short
• 34-Down Link prefix
• 35-Down "Fancy meeting you here!"
• 36-Down Hammer's end
• 37-Across Symbols of longevity in Chinese iconography
• 38-Down First word in a rhyming pair meaning "small"
• 39-Across Corn, beans and squash, in Mesoamerican tradition ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle