Clear the cobwebs, say

The answer to “Clear the cobwebs, say” in the LA Times crossword is SWEEP — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on September 18, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 28-Down. 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.

“Clear the cobwebs, say” answer

SWEEP (5 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 SWEEP.

What does SWEEP mean?

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

When else has “Clear the cobwebs, say” 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.

September 18, 2026 (most recent) → SWEEP. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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