Word on either side of "against" 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

• Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak

  New York Times · Wednesday, November 27, 2024 · 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

• 19-Across Pinched
• 20-Across ___ Maroni, Gotham City mobster in the DC Comics universe
• 21-Across Runs superbly
• 22-Across Bug
• 22-Down Done-up dos
• 23-Down Eastern lines
• 24-Across 1992 U2 hit inspired by German reunification
• 25-Across Busby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You"
• 25-Down Very iffy
• 26-Across Printing mark whose name is from the Latin for "is lacking"
• 26-Down They might go faster with zinc
• 27-Across Financial reporter?