The "Y" in "YMCA" — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 20 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
YOUNG
5 letters
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The "Y" in YMCA
YOUNG
5
"___ Sheldon" (spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory")
YOUNG
5
"The ___ and the Restless," TV soap opera starring Yvonne Zima as a manipulative and scheming character, who is named at 44a
YOUNG
5
"The ___ and the Restless," CBS soap whose characters are regulars at the Crimson Lights coffee shop
YOUNG
5
Clayton ___, US Olympic marathon runner who has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering
YOUNG
5
"___ and old" (idiom with antonyms)
YOUNG
5
"___ Sheldon," sitcom set in the 1990s based on Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory"
YOUNG
5
"___ Rock," sitcom starring Dwayne Johnson that is based on his life
YOUNG
5
Kit ___, actor who portrays Jesper Fahey in "Shadow and Bone"
YOUNG
5
"I Am Maris: Portrait of a ___ Yogi" film directed by Laura Vanzee Taylor about a teenage girl coping through yoga
YOUNG
5
"Promising ___ Woman," 2020 film starring Jennifer Coolidge as Susan Thomas
YOUNG
5
Parking place
LOT
3
Capricorn animal
GOAT
4
Mexican money
PESO
4
Mike and ___ (fruity candy brand)
IKE
3
Wedding gown fabric, perhaps
LACE
4
Junk email in your inbox
SPAM
4
Key lime ___
PIE
3
Southern veggie that's often deep-fried or used in gumbo
OKRA
4
___ Yang Twins (2000s rap duo from Atlanta)
YING
4
Mister, in Mexico
SENOR
5
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