LA Times Crossword Clue · Down
State with the deepest lake in the U.S.
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Letters
6
Direction
Down
Starts with
O
Ends with
N
Vowels
3
Puzzle date
June 2, 2026
About this clue
The clue “State with the deepest lake in the U.S.” appeared in the LA Times Crossword on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in the down direction. The answer is a 6-letter word that starts with O and ends with N.
Crossword editor Patti Varol and her constructor team often use mid-length answers like this one to anchor the grid. With 3 vowels, the answer is unusually vowel-heavy — a hint that it may be a phrase, a name, or a borrowing from another language.
How to solve this clue
If you're stuck on this one, here are a few angles that often help with LA Times clues like this:
- Watch for misdirection. If the clue ends in a question mark or feels weirdly phrased, the answer is probably a pun, a homophone, or a non-literal interpretation.
- Match the part of speech. A noun clue takes a noun answer; a verb clue takes a verb in the same tense.
- Crosscheck with the perpendicular entries. If the Down entry is fighting you, fill in the Across words that cross it.
- Consider context. Theme entries often relate to the puzzle's overall gimmick.