Vichyssoise veggie

Latest answer — July 19, 2026

60 Down

This vegetable adds a subtle oniony flavor to your favorite creamy soups! 🥣

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  1. 1Enjoy a hot soak
  2. 6Playful puppy’s bite
  3. 9Decorative pillowcase
  4. 13Secret identity
  5. 14“Lust for Life” singer Del Rey
  6. 15Bar mitzvah dance
  7. 16Luke Skywalker’s X-wing, for one
  8. 19Declare confidently
  9. 20“Play another song!”
  10. 21Hit the buffet
  11. 22Sprawling property
  12. 24Lowest soccer score
  13. 26Fridge feature handy for parties
  14. 32Ready for a nap, maybe
  15. 35Mai ___ (tiki bar drink)
  16. 36Store event
  17. 37By way of
  18. 38Produced from scratch
  19. 42Passing craze
  20. 43Lot measure
  21. 45Georgia airport code
  22. 46Unsettling signs
  23. 48“Haven’t you heard enough already?”
  24. 52Summer mo.
  25. 53Fleet of warships
  26. 56Extra NBA periods: Abbr.
  27. 58Tea with dim sum
  28. 62Worried sound
  29. 64Settings for shipwreck stories
  30. 67Sketched
  31. 68Pegs on a course
  32. 69Trees with cones
  33. 70Flip ___ (record’s back)—and what’s flipped in 16-, 26-, 48- and 64-Across
  34. 71Gives the go-ahead to
  35. 72Dismissive sound

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  1. 1Cabo location
  2. 2Painkiller brand
  3. 3They rise and fall at the beach
  4. 4Ponytail holder
  5. 5Twisty road curve
  6. 6DEA operative
  7. 7The deets
  8. 8Shoes purchase
  9. 9“Quiet, please!”
  10. 10Spot for a traveler’s valuables
  11. 11Lot measure
  12. 12Convenience store
  13. 14Like highways and Olympic pools
  14. 17Head, in Haiti
  15. 18Chromosome part
  16. 23“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” band
  17. 25Connections
  18. 272026 Winter Games host nation
  19. 28Plopped down
  20. 29Kind of crust or chart
  21. 30Enthusiastic spirit
  22. 31Merlot and Malbec
  23. 32“Terrible” czar
  24. 33Pleasant
  25. 34Completely unclothed
  26. 3941-Down figures, for short
  27. 40Greek letter that looks like an H
  28. 41Frosh housing
  29. 44Frosh address ender
  30. 47“Guess who’s back!”
  31. 49Composer Stravinsky
  32. 50Filing jobs, for short
  33. 51CIA and FBI, for two
  34. 54“No idea”
  35. 55Tree in the birch family
  36. 56Casino calculation
  37. 57Garr of “Tootsie”
  38. 59Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck
  39. 60Vichyssoise veggie
  40. 61Celebratory poems
  41. 63“Hey, you there!”
  42. 65She sheep
  43. 66DJ’s platters

The answer to “Vichyssoise veggie” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is LEEK — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 19, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 60-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.

“Vichyssoise veggie” answer

LEEK (4 letters)

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Why the answer is LEEK

This vegetable adds a subtle oniony flavor to your favorite creamy soups! 🥣

What does LEEK mean?

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

(noun)

  • a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb which together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. It is used as a Welsh national emblem

When else has “Vichyssoise veggie” appeared?

Wall Street Journal 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) → LEEK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Vichyssoise veggie”?

The answer is LEEK, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 19, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Vichyssoise veggie”?

4 letters: LEEK.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 19, 2026 (a Sunday puzzle), at 60-Down.

Can “Vichyssoise veggie” have a different answer?

Yes — Wall Street Journal sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's WSJ answers?

The full grid for July 19, 2026 is on the WSJ answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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