Colorful fish Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Colorful fish” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of June 1, 2025? It has 5 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, JUNE 1, 2025
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TETRA is the answer to “Colorful fish”. It means a tropical fish.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A tropical fish.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EATTR.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Aquarium fish with "neon" and "emperor" varieties”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (June 1, 2025)
Across
- 1. "Chipmunk at the Gas ___" (tune by the children's musician Laurie Berkner)4 letters, starts with PPUMP
- 5. See 5 Down3 letters, starts with BBAG
- 8. With 126 Across, "The Orchid Thief" author5 letters, starts with SSUSAN
- 13. Make certain6 letters, starts with EENSURE
- 19. Morales who played the president of the United States on "The Brink"4 letters, starts with EESAI
- 20. Hopper in Milne stories3 letters, starts with RROO
- 21. It's a start5 letters, starts with IINTRO
- 22. Faithful Friend6 letters, starts with QQUAKER
- 23. Hears8 letters, starts with GGETSWORD
- 25. Course competitions, informally12 letters, starts with GGOLFTOURNEYS
- 27. Key settlement for the cattle industry7 letters, starts with CCOWTOWN
- 29. Campus group5 letters, starts with CCLASS
- 30. Activist organization that used the slogan "Out of the closets and into the streets"11 letters, starts with QQUEERNATION
- 34. Colloquial, colorful term for termites9 letters, starts with WWHITEANTS
- 38. Amherst sch.5 letters, starts with UUMASS
- 39. A as in academia, e.g.5 letters, starts with GGRADE
- 41. Nickname for Benedict that's hidden in "Benedict"3 letters, starts with NNED
- 42. Antiwar activist Sandperl3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 43. 4 on a date: Abbr.3 letters, starts with AAPR
- 44. Give good advice9 letters, starts with TTALKSENSE
- 48. Ring presented at church?4 letters, starts with PPEAL
- 49. "Seek and ye shall ___"4 letters, starts with FFIND
- 51. Boss of the biz3 letters, starts with CCEO
- 52. Top dogs6 letters, starts with AALPHAS
- 56. Maker of Gruuv shoes4 letters, starts with EECCO
- 57. Winter sport that involves tricks and jumps10 letters, starts with FFREESKIING
- 61. Actor who provides the voice of Chris Griffin on "Family Guy"9 letters, starts with SSETHGREEN
- 63. Network whose final episode of "Around the Horn" aired on May 23, 20254 letters, starts with EESPN
- 64. Deity often depicted in a helmet4 letters, starts with AARES
- 67. Guy on Food Network5 letters, starts with FFIERI
- 68. ___-state area3 letters, starts with TTRI
- 69. Entrepreneur who founded the first commercial bungee jumping operation9 letters, starts with AAJHACKETT
- 72. Duoplasmatron particle3 letters, starts with IION
- 74. Bewilder5 letters, starts with AADDLE
- 76. Scott whose ice dancing partner was 131 Across Virtue4 letters, starts with MMOIR
- 77. Temptation garden4 letters, starts with EEDEN
- 79. Basketball Hall of Famer who was the first Canadian to win the NBA MVP award9 letters, starts with SSTEVENASH
- 83. Mesmerizes10 letters, starts with TTRANSFIXES
- 88. Public image?4 letters, starts with MMEME
- 89. Fur-trading family6 letters, starts with AASTORS
- 92. Minor criticism3 letters, starts with NNIT
- 93. Bottom-row PC key4 letters, starts with CCTRL
- 94. Not too much4 letters, starts with AATAD
- 95. Willow-based prosthetic, perhaps9 letters, starts with WWOODENLEG
- 99. Eggs in fertility clinics3 letters, starts with OOVA
- 100. ___ Lanka3 letters, starts with SSRI
- 101. Need to pay3 letters, starts with OOWE
- 104. Like much notebook paper5 letters, starts with LLINED
- 105. Order more issues5 letters, starts with RRENEW
- 107. Properties of radioactive elements9 letters, starts with HHALFLIVES
- 110. Authenticity11 letters, starts with GGENUINENESS
- 114. Combined, as figures5 letters, starts with AADDED
- 115. Enjoyed Mardi Gras, perhaps7 letters, starts with PPARTIED
- 116. Be a tourist12 letters, starts with SSEETHESIGHTS
- 122. Symptom of a lumbar strain8 letters, starts with BBACKACHE
- 126. See 8 Across6 letters, starts with OORLEAN
- 127. Covet5 letters, starts with CCRAVE
- 128. Bartender's serving3 letters, starts with AALE
- 129. Went around and around4 letters, starts with SSPUN
- 130. Parts of people's trunks6 letters, starts with WWAISTS
- 131. Virtue whose ice dancing partner was Scott 76 Across5 letters, starts with TTESSA
- 132. "I can neither confirm ___ deny this"3 letters, starts with NNOR
- 133. Poker holding ... like the one spelled out in the letters that cut this puzzle's circled cards4 letters, starts with HHAND
Down
- 1. Protrusion for hanging up a coat3 letters, starts with PPEG
- 2. Take advantage of3 letters, starts with UUSE
- 3. Dojo surface3 letters, starts with MMAT
- 4. Mid-March sign6 letters, starts with PPISCES
- 5. With 5 Across, paper lunch holder5 letters, starts with BBROWN
- 6. Cane-shaped artery5 letters, starts with AAORTA
- 7. Vladimir and Estragon wait for him in a Samuel Beckett play5 letters, starts with GGODOT
- 8. Milanese man's title7 letters, starts with SSIGNORE
- 9. Número before dos3 letters, starts with UUNO
- 10. Gateway Arch city: Abbr.3 letters, starts with SSTL
- 11. Noise from a Newfie3 letters, starts with AARF
- 12. V-shaped indentation5 letters, starts with NNOTCH
- 13. Regard as identical6 letters, starts with EEQUATE
- 14. Fed, as an infant6 letters, starts with NNURSED
- 15. Child at Winterfell in "A Game of Thrones"5 letters, starts with SSANSA
- 16. Guitar relative, briefly3 letters, starts with UUKE
- 17. "The Rise of Skywalker" trainee3 letters, starts with RREY
- 18. Hectic hosp. areas3 letters, starts with EERS
- 24. "I wouldn't wish that on my ___ enemy"5 letters, starts with WWORST
- 26. Lena of "The Reader"4 letters, starts with OOLIN
- 28. Covers of Lady Gaga?4 letters, starts with WWIGS
- 30. Take a big drink5 letters, starts with QQUAFF
- 31. Source of foul language?6 letters, starts with UUMPIRE
- 32. Heartfelt7 letters, starts with EEARNEST
- 33. Nickname for a grandmother4 letters, starts with NNANA
- 34. Sheds tears5 letters, starts with WWEEPS
- 35. Daughter of one's sibling5 letters, starts with NNIECE
- 36. Vanish without a ___5 letters, starts with TTRACE
- 37. Hairstyling venue5 letters, starts with SSALON
- 40. Web access inits.3 letters, starts with DDSL
- 45. "Uh-oh!"3 letters, starts with AACK
- 46. Garland made of plumeria, perhaps3 letters, starts with LLEI
- 47. Colorful fish3 letters, starts with KKOI
- 48. Like the K/I/Tc/He/N table8 letters, starts with PPERIODIC
- 50. Morally corrupt8 letters, starts with DDEPRAVED
- 53. Weightiness4 letters, starts with HHEFT
- 54. Busy working4 letters, starts with AATIT
- 55. Pronoun for a princess3 letters, starts with SSHE
- 58. Subtly cutting5 letters, starts with SSNIDE
- 59. "I'll pass"3 letters, starts with NNAH
- 60. 1 ___ = 0.0353 ounces4 letters, starts with GGRAM
- 62. "Good ___!" ("Oh, brother!")5 letters, starts with GGRIEF
- 65. Earth-friendly prefix3 letters, starts with EECO
- 66. Short scene onstage4 letters, starts with SSKIT
- 69. "What a pity!"4 letters, starts with AALAS
- 70. Joke4 letters, starts with JJEST
- 71. Make a mistake3 letters, starts with EERR
- 73. Ensuing part of a series7 letters, starts with NNEXTONE
- 75. Molecule whose structure was studied in "Photo 51"3 letters, starts with DDNA
- 78. Frequent feeling during crunch time6 letters, starts with NNERVES
- 79. "___ that Like button!" (YouTuber's request)5 letters, starts with SSMASH
- 80. Colorful fish5 letters, starts with TTETRA
- 81. What many people check many times a day5 letters, starts with EEMAIL
- 82. Werewolves' cries5 letters, starts with HHOWLS
- 84. Advice columnist Landers3 letters, starts with AANN
- 85. 03 letters, starts with NNIL
- 86. Office building no.3 letters, starts with SSTE
- 87. Side dishes at picnics5 letters, starts with SSLAWS
- 90. "Vive le ___!"3 letters, starts with RROI
- 91. Single, e.g., but not a double or a triple4 letters, starts with SSONG
- 96. "The Abyss" setting7 letters, starts with DDEEPSEA
- 97. Pulitzer winner Ferber4 letters, starts with EEDNA
- 98. Nu language5 letters, starts with GGREEK
- 101. Hardly modern6 letters, starts with OOLDHAT
- 102. Expands, as highways6 letters, starts with WWIDENS
- 103. Anticipatory nights4 letters, starts with EEVES
- 106. Mark separating page numbers or years6 letters, starts with EENDASH
- 108. Personifications of destiny, in myth5 letters, starts with FFATES
- 109. Sovereign's order5 letters, starts with EEDICT
- 111. Like a lot of Los Angeles or Las Vegas5 letters, starts with UURBAN
- 112. "The Crow Comes Last" author Calvino5 letters, starts with IITALO
- 113. Less rainy, say5 letters, starts with NNICER
- 116. Scatter, as seeds3 letters, starts with SSOW
- 117. Historical span3 letters, starts with EERA
- 118. Manning of the Giants3 letters, starts with EELI
- 119. Source of stress for a sr.3 letters, starts with GGRE
- 120. "Elvis ___ left the building"3 letters, starts with HHAS
- 121. Sets up in a sports bar?3 letters, starts with TTVS
- 123. Tax return pro3 letters, starts with CCPA
- 124. Nomad led by Attila3 letters, starts with HHUN
- 125. Apt answer for this final Down clue3 letters, starts with EEND
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the Washington Post Sunday on June 1, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Colorful fish”?
TETRA, 5 letters: a tropical fish.
When was “Colorful fish” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of June 1, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with T.