With 74-Across, voting system that affords anonymity ... or the theme 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

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

  New York Times · Thursday, April 11, 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

More clues from this crossword

• 1-Down Genesis maker
• 2-Down Alter altar plans, maybe
• 3-Down Space ___
• 4-Down Tease
• 5-Down Blowup: Abbr.
• 6-Down Cheesed (off)
• 7-Across Game in which the orange ghost is named Sue, not Clyde
• 7-Down James Stewart title character who goes to Washington
• 8-Down ___ Na Na
• 9-Down Mountain cat
• 10-Down "Does that ring ___?"
• 11-Down Event in which you may drive a hard bargain?