Lock of hair

The answer to “Lock of hair” in the USA Today crossword is TRESS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on September 12, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 38-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.

“Lock of hair” answer

TRESS (5 letters)

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What does TRESS mean?

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

When else has “Lock of hair” appeared?

USA Today 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 12, 2026 (most recent) → TRESS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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