This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, May 16, 2026 (1 Down). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
Answer length: 4 squares
First letter
U _ _ _
First and last letters
U _ _ A
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About the answer
UCLA as a word: Initialism of University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA has been an answer 9 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since January 19, 2026.
Other clues with the same answer
- Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper
- Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)
- Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405
- West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024
- What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically?
- Where Jackie Robinson played four(!) college sports, in brief
- Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short
- The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins
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- Vanilla units (51 Across)
- Spouts (52 Across)
- Romp (53 Across)
- Cattle call (2 Down)
- Went wide or long, as a tennis ball (3 Down)
- "No closer!" (4 Down)
- Takes off (5 Down)
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