Hearty meal

The answer to “Hearty meal” in the LA Times crossword is STEW — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on September 1, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 55-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.

“Hearty meal” answer

STEW (4 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 STEW.

What does STEW mean?

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

When else has “Hearty meal” 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 1, 2026 (most recent) → STEW. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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