Harvard or MIT or Yale housing! (9)
The Minute Cryptic clue “Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!” (9) was set for Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Below is the answer — blurred until you tap — followed by the definition, the wordplay and why the letters land where they do.
Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!
(9)
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How this clue works
The definition
Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!
This clue is an &lit, meaning that the whole clue is the definition and the whole clue is the wordplay. So, our definition here is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!', and our answer will be a word for the kind of housing you might find at those institutions.The wordplay
Harvard or MIT or Yale
This clue's fodder is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).The answer
The clue reads “Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!” (9). The definition part — “Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!” — points straight at DORMITORY, and the rest of the clue builds it through wordplay.
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What DORMITORY means
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
dorm, hall, residence hall, student residence, dorm room, dormitory room
This clue’s puzzle day
This clue was the Minute Cryptic for Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Open the September 2, 2026 puzzle page for that day’s write-up, or browse the full Minute Cryptic archive.