Slather with butter, perhaps

The answer to “Slather with butter, perhaps” in the LA Times crossword is BASTE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 5, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 1-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.

“Slather with butter, perhaps” answer

BASTE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is BASTE

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What does BASTE mean?

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

When else has “Slather with butter, perhaps” 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 5, 2026 (most recent) → BASTE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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