Sugar substitute?

The answer to “Sugar substitute?” in the The Washington Post crossword is DEARIE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on July 19, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 19-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.

“Sugar substitute?” answer

DEARIE (6 letters)

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Why the answer is DEARIE

It’s something sweet you might call someone special! 😊

What does DEARIE mean?

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

When else has “Sugar substitute?” 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 19, 2026 (most recent) → DEARIE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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