Puts a round peg in a square hole, say Crossword Clue

• Makes an oopsie

  New York Times · Thursday, August 13, 2026 · 4 letters

• Flubs

  New York Times · Monday, April 20, 2026 · 4 letters

• Leaves the straight and narrow

  New York Times · Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 4 letters

• Isn't perfect

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 4, 2025 · 4 letters

• Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g.

  New York Times · Monday, October 20, 2025 · 4 letters

• Forgets to proorfeed, say

  New York Times · Friday, October 3, 2025 · 4 letters

• *Buying a gallon of milk, picking up the laundry, etc.

  New York Times · Thursday, June 5, 2025 · 4 letters

• Trips

  New York Times · Saturday, May 10, 2025 · 4 letters

• Acts human, proverbially

  New York Times · Saturday, December 28, 2024 · 4 letters

• Gets it wrong

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 19, 2024 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 42-Across Actor honored in the "celebrity wing" of the W.W.E. Hall of Fame
• 42-Down Minister's home
• 43-Down Poet Rainer Maria ___
• 44-Across Fireside drink, perhaps
• 45-Down Devout
• 46-Across Prefix with gender
• 47-Across Concerns for a prospective homebuyer
• 49-Down Barn item
• 50-Down Word with pole or patrol
• 51-Across "Personally …," on a post
• 52-Across Lead-in to bad news
• 53-Down Collected dust