Defeat soundly

The answer to “Defeat soundly” in the The Washington Post crossword is DRUB — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on September 22, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 55-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.

“Defeat soundly” answer

DRUB (4 letters)

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What does DRUB mean?

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

When else has “Defeat soundly” 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 22, 2026 (most recent) → DRUB. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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