"Easy as ABC," e.g.

The answer to “"Easy as ABC," e.g.” in the The Washington Post Mini crossword is IDIOM — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post Mini crossword on August 7, 2026 at 3-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.

“"Easy as ABC," e.g.” answer

IDIOM (5 letters)

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Why the answer is IDIOM

It’s a familiar expression whose meaning goes beyond the literal words 📖

What does IDIOM mean?

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

When else has “"Easy as ABC," e.g.” appeared?

The Washington Post 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.

August 7, 2026 (most recent) → IDIOM. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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