Winter Olympian

The answer to “Winter Olympian” in the LA Times Mini crossword is LUGER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times Mini crossword on August 29, 2026 at 6-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Winter Olympian” answer

LUGER (5 letters)

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What does LUGER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of LUGER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Winter Olympian” appeared?

LA Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 29, 2026 (most recent) → LUGER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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