Cholent or bigos

Latest answer — July 15, 2026

61 Down

These hearty dishes are perfect for warming you up on a chilly day! 🍲

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Across

  1. 1Ingredient in red ale
  2. 5Nordic capital with 343 lakes
  3. 9"New Attitude" singer LaBelle
  4. 14Realm
  5. 15Not much
  6. 16Minnesota Zoo has 485 of them
  7. 17Putting on pajamas, reading a book and doing a face mask, say
  8. 20Shenzhen's continent
  9. 21The "L" of LASIK
  10. 22___ out (barely manage)
  11. 23Second to ___
  12. 25"Hey! C'mere!"
  13. 27Soccer player Oluwaseyi
  14. 30". . . and so forth"
  15. 32Like all-gender teams
  16. 35Sensitive rock genre
  17. 36Pockets for shawarma
  18. 38Lightweight model wood
  19. 39Irving Berlin song featured in "Young Frankenstein"
  20. 42"Frankenstein" actor Oscar
  21. 43Like mochi and mooncakes
  22. 44Freelancer's charge
  23. 45Cruise ship level
  24. 46Org. that tracks air quality
  25. 47Clarinet part that vibrates
  26. 48Gets wind of
  27. 52"Honey" star Jessica
  28. 54"I cracked the code!"
  29. 56Oven accessories
  30. 58They're not pros
  31. 62"This one's on me"
  32. 65People who worshipped the rain god Illapa
  33. 66Pharma products
  34. 67Other than that
  35. 68Title documents
  36. 69Search for
  37. 70Put away for safekeeping

Down

  1. 1"Aww, darn it!"
  2. 2Kathleen Battle solo
  3. 3What Ariel exchanged her voice for
  4. 4Sesame paste in hummus
  5. 5Steel-cut grain
  6. 6Shoes with spiked heels
  7. 7Gelug religious teacher
  8. 8Tributes with stanzas
  9. 9Figure skating event
  10. 10Put on a show
  11. 11Like a photorealistic image
  12. 12Tropical hardwood
  13. 13Capri or Crete
  14. 18Principle in the "I Ching"
  15. 19Weight room unit
  16. 24No, in German
  17. 26Mark left by a healed cut
  18. 27Lukewarm
  19. 28Cause to chuckle
  20. 29"In your dreams!"
  21. 31"Would they let us?"
  22. 33Lauder of cosmetics
  23. 34Bewildered
  24. 36Insta profile image
  25. 37"Let the expert handle this"
  26. 38Trifecta, for one
  27. 40Give-and-___
  28. 41Restore to well-being
  29. 47Groups of mountains
  30. 49Slightly off
  31. 50"Get ___ of it!"
  32. 51Lychee discards
  33. 53Farmyard bleat
  34. 54Corrosive substance that's used to frost glass
  35. 55Make sharper
  36. 57A kite might get stuck in one
  37. 59Lean slightly
  38. 60"In that event . . ."
  39. 61Cholent or bigos
  40. 63Melancholy
  41. 64Chastising sound

The answer to “Cholent or bigos” in the USA Today crossword is STEW — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on July 15, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 61-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.

“Cholent or bigos” answer

STEW (4 letters)

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Why the answer is STEW

These hearty dishes are perfect for warming you up on a chilly day! 🍲

What does STEW mean?

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

(noun)

  • a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan
  • a state of great anxiety or agitation
  • a heated public room used for steam baths

When else has “Cholent or bigos” appeared?

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July 15, 2026 (most recent) → STEW. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Cholent or bigos”?

The answer is STEW, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on July 15, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Cholent or bigos”?

4 letters: STEW.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the USA Today crossword on July 15, 2026 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 61-Down.

Can “Cholent or bigos” have a different answer?

Yes — USA Today sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's USA Today answers?

The full grid for July 15, 2026 is on the USA Today answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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