USA TODAY Crossword · 44-Across · 3 letters
“___ now brown cow” USA TODAY Crossword clue
Editorially reviewed August 29, 2026
Complete the phrase
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Phrase cue
Complete the familiar rhyming speech exercise with a three-letter question word.
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Answer
Why these words complete it
HOW completes the fixed phrase “How now, brown cow?” The quotation and blank make this a direct three-letter phrase completion.
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The quoted rhyming phrase has one conventional opening word before “now.”
What the completed phrase means
“How now, brown cow?” is a traditional phrase used in speech and pronunciation practice.
Where this clue appeared
44-Across in USA TODAY Crossword puzzle for August 29, 2026.
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