Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"

The answer to “Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"” in the LA Times crossword is LIMERICK — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on September 5, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 38-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.

“Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"” answer

LIMERICK (8 letters)

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What does LIMERICK mean?

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

When else has “Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"” 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 5, 2026 (most recent) → LIMERICK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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