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NYT Daily ? September 26, 2025

Closing bars

Answer:

CODAS

Hint:

Think of the musical or linguistic term for a concluding section that wraps up a phrase or piece. It’s not the finale itself, but the tail end that signals completion.

Explanation:

"Closing bars" hints at the musical term "codas," which refers to the concluding sections of a piece that wrap things up—like a final bar or two. The wordplay leans on "bars" meaning both musical measures and the literal bars you’d close at a pub, but the answer stays purely musical. It’s a clean double meaning where "closing" directly ties to the function of a coda in music.

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