Felt someone's pain

Why does Empathized fit this clue?

This is a straightforward direct-definition clue where 'Felt someone's pain' points to EMPATHIZED, the past tense of the verb 'empathize.' To empathize means to understand and share the feelings of another person, stepping into their emotional experience rather than simply observing it from the outside. The clue's phrasing 'felt someone's pain' captures exactly that active, internal sharing of another's suffering or distress, which is the core meaning of empathizing. The word comes from the Greek 'empatheia,' meaning passion or deep feeling, and entered English psychology in the early twentieth century to describe this imaginative identification with another's emotional state.

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This clue appeared as 36-down in the New York Times Daily on January 11, 2026, by Dylan Schiff, edited by Will Shortz. See all answers for this puzzle.

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The New York Times Daily for January 11, 2026 titled “It's All Greek” was published by Dylan Schiff and has 140 clues. Curious about all the answers from this crossword puzzle? View all answers here.

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The answer is Empathized (10 letters).

Where did this clue appear?

This clue was last seen in the New York Times Daily on January 11, 2026.

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The answer has 10 letters: Empathized.

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