This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, July 23, 2026 (54 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
L _ _ _
First and last letters
L _ _ A
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LEDA as a word: (Greek mythology) The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the g...; (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
LEDA has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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