Coming to us from the NYT Mini Crossword puzzle dated July 1, 2025. We’re looking for a five-letter answer for the across section. The clue is something to jog, and the answer is not something that you jog on. The answer is probably not something that you’re expecting, given the word jog.
What do you usually jog on?
The answer to this clue is MEMORY. When you think about it, it isn’t something related to working out or exercising. The term “to jog your memory” means that the person wants to forcefully remember something. They may do it themselves or someone forces them to do it.
We can’t blame you if you thought about jog as the word jogging, where you run in an acceptable speed. Jog doesn’t necessarily just mean “force to remember” because jog can mean hitting someone. In some cases, just before someone gets hit, they get told, “This will jog your memory”, thus the forced remembering takes place.
