Animal that sleeps 18 to 22 hours a day

The answer to “Animal that sleeps 18 to 22 hours a day” in the The Washington Post crossword is KOALA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on September 19, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 44-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.

“Animal that sleeps 18 to 22 hours a day” answer

KOALA (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 KOALA.

What does KOALA mean?

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

When else has “Animal that sleeps 18 to 22 hours a day” 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.

September 19, 2026 (most recent) → KOALA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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