Soil acidity reducer

The answer to “Soil acidity reducer” in the LA Times crossword is LIME — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 2, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 115-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.

“Soil acidity reducer” answer

LIME (4 letters)

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Why the answer is LIME

This garden amendment helps neutralize overly acidic soil. 🌱

What does LIME mean?

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

When else has “Soil acidity reducer” 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 2, 2026 (most recent) → LIME. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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