___ year (period occurring quadrennially) Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “___ year (period occurring quadrennially)” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of July 20, 2025? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025
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LEAP is the answer to “___ year (period occurring quadrennially)”. It means to spring off the ground.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To spring off the ground.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ELPA.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “___ of faith”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (July 20, 2025)
Across
- 1. Part of the green decor in a terrarium4 letters, starts with MMOSS
- 5. Equipment for exploring the deep5 letters, starts with SSCUBA
- 10. Mountain whose name means "the tall one" in the Koyukon Athabascan language6 letters, starts with DDENALI
- 16. Take steps toward, as in response to advice5 letters, starts with AACTON
- 18. Poles tossed in highland games6 letters, starts with CCABERS
- 20. Banishes6 letters, starts with EEXILES
- 21. Save the ___ (charity dedicated to protecting large, horned beasts)5 letters, starts with RRHINO
- 22. Like buses seen at victory parades7 letters, starts with OOPENTOP
- 24. Piece offering?6 letters, starts with JJIGSAW
- 25. *Flag-bearing group at a parade10 letters, starts with CCOLORGUARD
- 27. *Athlete who really goes a long way10 letters, starts with MMARATHONER
- 30. Equal share among a pair4 letters, starts with HHALF
- 31. Globe, e.g.3 letters, starts with OORB
- 32. Chronological stretch3 letters, starts with EERA
- 33. Greek letter representing torque3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 34. Have a bawl3 letters, starts with SSOB
- 36. Scottish bodies of water5 letters, starts with LLOCHS
- 40. Gilbert and Sullivan princess3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 43. Anders who painted Cleveland and Taft4 letters, starts with ZZORN
- 44. Clicking onesie fastener4 letters, starts with SSNAP
- 46. *Desert rodent6 letters, starts with JJERBOA
- 47. Flood-control structure5 letters, starts with LLEVEE
- 49. BLT's T6 letters, starts with TTOMATO
- 51. Best Boxer award4 letters, starts with EESPY
- 52. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" singer Marilyn6 letters, starts with MMONROE
- 55. Race ___ driver3 letters, starts with CCAR
- 56. Rodeo loop5 letters, starts with LLASSO
- 58. *Arctic birds that serve as symbols of Quebec9 letters, starts with SSNOWYOWLS
- 61. Vowelless musing sound3 letters, starts with HHMM
- 62. Make a mistake4 letters, starts with SSLIP
- 63. Two-door 55 Across5 letters, starts with CCOUPE
- 66. 1970s veep Spiro5 letters, starts with AAGNEW
- 67. Legal org. literally found in Tampa Bay and Santa Barbara3 letters, starts with AABA
- 68. *Indoor air circulation devices11 letters, starts with CCEILINGFANS
- 72. Perspective inits.3 letters, starts with IIMO
- 73. Adorkable sorts5 letters, starts with NNERDS
- 76. Leader at a dog show?5 letters, starts with LLEASH
- 77. Relay race circuits4 letters, starts with LLAPS
- 79. "The Matrix" role3 letters, starts with NNEO
- 80. *North Pacific giant with a hue in its name9 letters, starts with GGRAYWHALE
- 83. Escorted from the front door5 letters, starts with LLEDIN
- 84. Econ. figure3 letters, starts with GGNP
- 85. One who's quite bright6 letters, starts with GGENIUS
- 86. Be checkmated, say4 letters, starts with LLOSE
- 89. Stuck and bored6 letters, starts with IINARUT
- 91. Glowing campfire bit5 letters, starts with EEMBER
- 93. *Antelope also known as a rooibok6 letters, starts with IIMPALA
- 95. Rends4 letters, starts with RRIPS
- 96. Thrift store disclaimer4 letters, starts with AASIS
- 99. ___ Paulo, Brazil3 letters, starts with SSAO
- 100. Visibly amazed5 letters, starts with AAGAPE
- 101. Ryan of "The Women"3 letters, starts with MMEG
- 102. Juicy Fruit product3 letters, starts with GGUM
- 103. Kauai garland3 letters, starts with LLEI
- 105. "___ Beso" (rhyming Paul Anka song title)3 letters, starts with EESO
- 107. Access secretly, as a database4 letters, starts with HHACK
- 111. *They shouldn't be sunk too early10 letters, starts with EEIGHTBALLS
- 116. *Olympic champion who, in 1948, was the first to land a double axel in competition10 letters, starts with DDICKBUTTON
- 119. Played around?6 letters, starts with TTOURED
- 120. Wisconsin home of Carthage College7 letters, starts with KKENOSHA
- 122. Super man?5 letters, starts with MMARIO
- 123. Ignored, as a text6 letters, starts with UUNREAD
- 124. Dwarfs of a Disney film, e.g.6 letters, starts with SSEPTET
- 125. Reproduce, as an essay5 letters, starts with PPRINT
- 126. Tony winner Bernadette6 letters, starts with PPETERS
- 127. Quartz-lined sparkler, perhaps5 letters, starts with GGEODE
- 128. Term used in both science and religion4 letters, starts with MMASS
Down
- 1. Aquamarine and bloodstone are its birthstones5 letters, starts with MMARCH
- 2. Goalie Guillermo or golfer Lorena5 letters, starts with OOCHOA
- 3. "The jury is ___ out"5 letters, starts with SSTILL
- 4. Nickname used in an upcoming "Conversations With a Killer" docuseries on Netflix8 letters, starts with SSONOFSAM
- 5. Clean vigorously5 letters, starts with SSCOUR
- 6. Having the required skills7 letters, starts with CCAPABLE
- 7. Airport waiter's request4 letters, starts with UUBER
- 8. Use one's joints, say4 letters, starts with BBEND
- 9. Creative field3 letters, starts with AART
- 10. ___ vu ("Didn't we just have this?" feeling)4 letters, starts with DDEJA
- 11. Way out of here4 letters, starts with EEXIT
- 12. Near, poetically4 letters, starts with NNIGH
- 13. "As a bonus ..."4 letters, starts with AALSO
- 14. Crude shed6 letters, starts with LLEANTO
- 15. "It's the truth!"6 letters, starts with IISWEAR
- 17. Here-there connector3 letters, starts with NNOR
- 19. "What I hear is ..."7 letters, starts with SSOMESAY
- 23. Mini-golf standard3 letters, starts with PPAR
- 26. Wad3 letters, starts with GGOB
- 28. Bridge barrier, at times4 letters, starts with RRAIL
- 29. Manage, as a business3 letters, starts with RRUN
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- 38. "60 Minutes" network3 letters, starts with CCBS
- 39. 1950s school dance3 letters, starts with HHOP
- 41. Public showing, briefly4 letters, starts with DDEMO
- 42. Declare publicly4 letters, starts with AAVOW
- 43. State for some NASA employees, briefly5 letters, starts with ZZEROG
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- 45. Union-supporting cotton mill worker played by Sally Field8 letters, starts with NNORMARAE
- 46. "___ and the Pussycats"5 letters, starts with JJOSIE
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- 55. "The Chinese in America: A Narrative History" author Iris5 letters, starts with CCHANG
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- 59. Tennis triple crown winner Fraser5 letters, starts with NNEALE
- 60. In one fell ___ (all at once)5 letters, starts with SSWOOP
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- 64. Offs and ___3 letters, starts with OONS
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- 69. Bruce who got into film for kicks?3 letters, starts with LLEE
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- 82. On a vessel4 letters, starts with AASEA
- 83. ___ year (period occurring quadrennially)4 letters, starts with LLEAP
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- 87. "Amazing!" letters?3 letters, starts with OOMG
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- 109. Items collected by 122 Across5 letters, starts with CCOINS
- 110. Interlacements5 letters, starts with KKNOTS
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- 115. Calculates a total4 letters, starts with AADDS
- 116. Knucklehead4 letters, starts with DDOPE
- 117. Colon, in analogies4 letters, starts with IISTO
- 118. Figure at home plate, for short3 letters, starts with UUMP
- 121. Opposite of pos.3 letters, starts with NNEG
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Questions
What is the answer to “___ year (period occurring quadrennially)”?
LEAP, 4 letters: to spring off the ground.
When was “___ year (period occurring quadrennially)” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of July 20, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with L.