Castle trenches

The answer to “Castle trenches” in the LA Times crossword is MOATS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 9, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 74-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.

“Castle trenches” answer

MOATS (5 letters)

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What does MOATS mean?

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

When else has “Castle trenches” 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.

August 9, 2026 (most recent) → MOATS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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