Light, leafy dish — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the September 30 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SALAD
5 letters
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Dieter's meal with veggies and dressing
SALAD
5
*Dish with a lot of veggies and dressing ... or a bygone genre of Spanish music
SALAD
5
Fruit ___, popular seat-swapping circle game where players have to dash to an empty seat when their fruit name is called
SALAD
5
Leafy diet meal
SALAD
5
Dieter's go-to food
SALAD
5
Did you know? Caesar ___ (dish with lettuce and croutons), was invented in Baja California, Mexico by Caesar Cardini
SALAD
5
Big ___, leafy and healthy dish ordered by Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld"
SALAD
5
Healthy dish with a dressing, often
SALAD
5
Leafy meal with raw veggies
SALAD
5
Healthy meal with leaves, perhaps
SALAD
5
Common appetizer dish
SALAD
5
Dish that's tossed before consumption
SALAD
5
Pancake breakfast chain with a smile on its logo: Abbr.
IHOP
4
Distress signal from a ship at sea
SOS
3
Ear of corn, say
COB
3
Sulk or pout (rhymes with "cope")
MOPE
4
Ambulance squad member: Abbr.
EMT
3
Letters at the end of "rope" or "elope"
OPE
3
Map out
PLAN
4
Hearing aid site
EAR
3
Optimist's feeling
HOPE
4
Mascot ___, competition where the team's good luck charms rush to the finish line, and a popular break-time sight in MLB
RACE
4
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