Cypress, for one

The answer to “Cypress, for one” in the The Washington Post crossword is CONIFER — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on July 26, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 76-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.

“Cypress, for one” answer

CONIFER (7 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 CONIFER.

Why the answer is CONIFER

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What does CONIFER mean?

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

When else has “Cypress, 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.

July 26, 2026 (most recent) → CONIFER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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