Japanese dog breed

The answer to “Japanese dog breed” in the The Washington Post crossword is AKITA — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on October 2, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 56-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.

“Japanese dog breed” answer

AKITA (5 letters)

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What does AKITA mean?

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

When else has “Japanese dog breed” 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.

October 2, 2026 (most recent) → AKITA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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