Animal whose name has a doubled letter seen repeatedly in this puzzle

The answer to “Animal whose name has a doubled letter seen repeatedly in this puzzle” 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 September 29, 2026 at 5-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.

“Animal whose name has a doubled letter seen repeatedly in this puzzle” answer

LLAMA (5 letters)

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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 whose name has a doubled letter seen repeatedly in this puzzle” 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.

September 29, 2026 (most recent) → LLAMA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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