With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle Crossword Clue

• "It's a ___!"

  New York Times · Thursday, April 16, 2026 · 6 letters

• "Three may keep a ___, if two of them are dead": Benjamin Franklin

  New York Times · Sunday, August 25, 2024 · 6 letters

• Tryst partner / Discharging, as a liquid

  New York Times · Sunday, May 22, 2022 · 6 letters

• When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 29, 2021 · 6 letters

• It's meant to be kept

  New York Times · Wednesday, May 26, 2021 · 6 letters

• Hush-hush

  New York Times · Monday, March 1, 2021 · 6 letters

• Clandestine

  New York Times · Sunday, February 25, 2018 · 6 letters

• Like some handshakes and formulas

  New York Times · Tuesday, December 26, 2017 · 6 letters

• Confidence

  New York Times · Saturday, June 20, 2015 · 6 letters

• Under wraps

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 25, 2013 · 6 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 38-Across Rare
• 39-Down Crème de ___ (liqueur)
• 40-Across Not in one's head, say
• 41-Across Alternative to a handshake
• 42-Down Kind of leave or guidance
• 43-Across Vintner's concern
• 45-Down 'Fore
• 46-Across See 44-Across
• 47-Down Author Joe Hill, vis-à-vis Stephen King
• 48-Across Take a hit
• 49-Across Good hosts make them
• 50-Down Terse denial