Gym bottoms

The answer to “Gym bottoms” in the The Washington Post crossword is SHORTS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on September 27, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 6-Across. 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.

“Gym bottoms” answer

SHORTS (6 letters)

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What does SHORTS mean?

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

When else has “Gym bottoms” 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 27, 2026 (most recent) → SHORTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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