“In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...”
This clue appeared as 36-Across in the NYT Crossword on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The answer has 13 letters.
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The clue “In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...” ran in the NYT Crossword on March 11, 2026 as 36-Across. Its answer is a 13-letter phrase that starts with M and ends with N, with 6 vowels, which often points to a phrase, a name or a borrowed word.
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What is the answer to the “In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...” clue?+
The answer is MICROWAVEOVEN (13 letters), from the NYT Crossword of March 11, 2026.
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