"A Boy Named __": Johnny Cash hit

The answer to “"A Boy Named __": Johnny Cash hit” in the LA Times crossword is SUE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on July 31, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 42-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.

“"A Boy Named __": Johnny Cash hit” answer

SUE (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is SUE.

Why the answer is SUE

A famous Cash tune about a boy stuck with a very unusual name 🎸

What does SUE mean?

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

When else has “"A Boy Named __": Johnny Cash hit” appeared?

LA Times 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.

July 31, 2026 (most recent) → SUE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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