Animal that fills both blanks in the kids' book "___ ___ Holiday Drama"

The answer to “Animal that fills both blanks in the kids' book "___ ___ Holiday Drama"” in the New York Times Mini crossword is LLAMA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 16, 2025 at 4-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.

“Animal that fills both blanks in the kids' book "___ ___ Holiday Drama"” answer

LLAMA (5 letters)

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Why the answer is LLAMA

LLAMA is the 5-letter solution that fits "Animal that fills both blanks in the kids' book "___ ___ Holiday Drama"" in the NYT Mini crossword on March 16, 2025 (4-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does LLAMA mean?

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

When else has “Animal that fills both blanks in the kids' book "___ ___ Holiday Drama"” appeared?

New York Times Mini 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.

March 16, 2025 (most recent) → LLAMA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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