101, for one

The answer to “101, for one” in the The Washington Post crossword is LEVEL — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on August 16, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 43-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.

“101, for one” answer

LEVEL (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is LEVEL.

What does LEVEL mean?

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

When else has “101, for one” appeared?

The Washington Post 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 16, 2026 (most recent) → LEVEL. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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