Legendary Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Legendary” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of January 25, 2026? It has 6 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, JANUARY 25, 2026
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ICONIC is the answer to “Legendary”. It means pertaining to icons.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
Pertaining to icons.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: OCICIN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Like Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (January 25, 2026)
Across
- 1. When people go clubbing?6 letters, starts with AATBATS
- 7. Longfin or shortfin shark4 letters, starts with MMAKO
- 11. Intro to communications?4 letters, starts with AALFA
- 15. High-profile advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s4 letters, starts with FFORD
- 19. Alliance of nations6 letters, starts with LLEAGUE
- 20. It means everything4 letters, starts with OOMNI
- 21. Legion of ___ (group of supervillains)4 letters, starts with DDOOM
- 22. Commander in a caliphate, perhaps4 letters, starts with EEMIR
- 23. Generate high interest6 letters, starts with EEXCITE
- 24. ___ Capital (Boston-based investment firm)4 letters, starts with BBAIN
- 25. Like some laps4 letters, starts with SSWUM
- 26. Where, theoretically, you could say "pew pew pew" if you were pointing at benches4 letters, starts with NNAVE
- 27. Subject of Rankin's photography collection "Heidilicious"4 letters, starts with KKLUM
- 28. Lake seen on TV and in movies5 letters, starts with RRICKI
- 30. Emulates a catcher8 letters, starts with CCROUCHES
- 32. Arthur ___ Courage Award (sports-oriented honor)4 letters, starts with AASHE
- 34. Pluck5 letters, starts with SSPUNK
- 36. Garment in a fall fashion collection4 letters, starts with CCOAT
- 38. Brings up, as a toddler5 letters, starts with RREARS
- 39. Crude product obtained by fracking8 letters, starts with SSHALEOIL
- 41. Like worthy causes5 letters, starts with NNOBLE
- 42. Test, as 97 Down5 letters, starts with AASSAY
- 43. *Whom Entertainment Weekly once called "the founding antihero of modern television"5 letters, starts with TTONYS
- 44. *Flourishes that show one's care and attention to detail7 letters, starts with PPERSONA
- 47. This might shock you3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 49. Stopping point3 letters, starts with EEND
- 50. Apple ___ order3 letters, starts with PPIE
- 52. Group with battalions8 letters, starts with RREGIMENT
- 54. Bills with the Great Seal4 letters, starts with OONES
- 58. Be inactive4 letters, starts with RREST
- 60. He may spin for a celeb5 letters, starts with PPRMAN
- 62. ESPN football commentator Newton3 letters, starts with CCAM
- 63. In right now6 letters, starts with AATHOME
- 65. Cidade das Artes city3 letters, starts with RRIO
- 67. JFK predictions4 letters, starts with EETAS
- 69. Body around the Bermuda Triangle8 letters, starts with AATLANTIC
- 71. Scale, like certain words in this puzzle6 letters, starts with AASCEND
- 74. Like Jerry and George pitching a show about nothing to NBC, on "Seinfeld"4 letters, starts with MMETA
- 75. *Landline sounds3 letters, starts with DDIA
- 76. December numbers5 letters, starts with NNOELS
- 77. Ballet class bends5 letters, starts with PPLIES
- 78. Catwalk figure5 letters, starts with MMODEL
- 79. Divvy up5 letters, starts with AALLOT
- 81. *Marijuana smuggler who was the subject of the film "Kid Cannabis"3 letters, starts with NNAT
- 82. Mountain route4 letters, starts with PPASS
- 84. Governor's wheels8 letters, starts with SSTATECAR
- 86. Miscount, e.g.3 letters, starts with EERR
- 89. Dinner time7 letters, starts with EEVENING
- 91. Marina construction4 letters, starts with PPIER
- 92. Heart on one's sleeve, maybe?6 letters, starts with TTATTOO
- 94. Put into categories6 letters, starts with AASSORT
- 95. What's-his-name7 letters, starts with SSOANDSO
- 98. Burden to bear4 letters, starts with OONUS
- 99. Not accepting change, say9 letters, starts with RRESISTANT
- 102. Moves to a new section7 letters, starts with RRESEATS
- 105. Floods with junk5 letters, starts with SSPAMS
- 108. Treasured4 letters, starts with DDEAR
- 109. *Consistency5 letters, starts with EEVENT
- 111. Mandela's portrayer in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"4 letters, starts with EELBA
- 112. Simpsons' relative who adopted the iguana Jub-Jub9 letters, starts with AAUNTSELMA
- 115. "You're correct that ..."6 letters, starts with IIADMIT
- 120. *Supporter of science3 letters, starts with LLAB
- 121. Like the Yoga school of philosophy5 letters, starts with HHINDU
- 122. Sign of agitation ... or a phrase describing any one of six choir members spelled diagonally in this puzzle11 letters, starts with RRAISEDVOICE
- 124. Spread disinformation3 letters, starts with LLIE
- 125. Golfer Palmer, to fans5 letters, starts with AARNIE
- 126. Paid for diamonds, say?5 letters, starts with AANTED
- 127. "Crank" author Hopkins5 letters, starts with EELLEN
- 128. Slop site3 letters, starts with SSTY
- 129. Former J. Crew president Jenna5 letters, starts with LLYONS
- 130. Full of attitude5 letters, starts with SSASSY
- 131. Vehicles on hills5 letters, starts with SSLEDS
Down
- 1. Irish red ___ (bar beverage)3 letters, starts with AALE
- 2. S.E. Hinton novel set in Oklahoma, though it sounds as if it could be set just south of there3 letters, starts with TTEX
- 3. Returns from Venus?9 letters, starts with BBACKHANDS
- 4. How acrobats perform7 letters, starts with AAGILELY
- 5. "The Nutcracker" outfit4 letters, starts with TTUTU
- 6. Appear that way6 letters, starts with SSEEMSO
- 7. Control of society by a riotous crowd7 letters, starts with MMOBRULE
- 8. With full force5 letters, starts with AAMAIN
- 9. Athlete who plays at Madison Square Garden5 letters, starts with KKNICK
- 10. 128 Across cry4 letters, starts with OOINK
- 11. Promos seen on TV3 letters, starts with AADS
- 12. Lite6 letters, starts with LLOWCAL
- 13. Number of pounds in a stone8 letters, starts with FFOURTEEN
- 14. Eggs in a food fight or a Halloween prank, e.g.4 letters, starts with AAMMO
- 15. Barriers around yards6 letters, starts with FFENCES
- 16. Indigenous people of Iowa and Nebraska6 letters, starts with OOMAHAS
- 17. "The History of Mexico" painter Diego6 letters, starts with RRIVERA
- 18. Like balls, but not strikes6 letters, starts with DDRESSY
- 29. Legendary6 letters, starts with IICONIC
- 31. Russia's ___ Mountains4 letters, starts with UURAL
- 32. Flower derived from the Greek word for "star"5 letters, starts with AASTER
- 33. Was bright like a star5 letters, starts with SSHONE
- 35. Tootling musician5 letters, starts with PPIPER
- 37. Politician who narrated "Our Great National Parks" in 20225 letters, starts with OOBAMA
- 40. Sight-reading, briefly?3 letters, starts with EESP
- 41. Sweet, creamy drink3 letters, starts with NNOG
- 45. Like most Martin Scorsese films6 letters, starts with RRRATED
- 46. Deliberative assemblies7 letters, starts with SSENATES
- 48. Bibliographical abbr.4 letters, starts with EETAL
- 51. Apple jam source?4 letters, starts with IIPOD
- 53. Online message sources8 letters, starts with EEMAILERS
- 54. "This spells disaster"4 letters, starts with OOHNO
- 55. Observe4 letters, starts with NNOTE
- 56. SNL alum Wakim4 letters, starts with EEMIL
- 57. "I just need a few ___"4 letters, starts with SSECS
- 59. Trunk site4 letters, starts with TTREE
- 61. Bosses' messages5 letters, starts with MMEMOS
- 64. Spiritual practice in Vajrayana Buddhism6 letters, starts with TTANTRA
- 66. Provides motivation for8 letters, starts with IINSPIRES
- 68. Flat expanse covered in sodium chloride7 letters, starts with SSALTPAN
- 70. Mineral in soapstone4 letters, starts with TTALC
- 71. Sleep study diagnosis5 letters, starts with AAPNEA
- 72. Croats, Czechs, etc.5 letters, starts with SSLAVS
- 73. Quotes in a speech, say5 letters, starts with CCITES
- 75. Outmoded5 letters, starts with DDATED
- 78. Flavor enhancer letters3 letters, starts with MMSG
- 80. Mare's morsel3 letters, starts with OOAT
- 83. March figures4 letters, starts with AANTS
- 85. "Say It ___ So" (Weezer song)4 letters, starts with AAINT
- 86. Sapienza Refuge's mountain4 letters, starts with EETNA
- 87. Stomping on the court, so to speak4 letters, starts with RROUT
- 88. Supremes leader4 letters, starts with RROSS
- 90. McCorvey who was the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade5 letters, starts with NNORMA
- 93. Water tester3 letters, starts with TTOE
- 95. Cast people?7 letters, starts with SSTATUES
- 96. Propellers in the water4 letters, starts with OOARS
- 97. Vein extraction3 letters, starts with OORE
- 100. "Ya got me"6 letters, starts with IIDUNNO
- 101. Submit, as an application6 letters, starts with SSENDIN
- 103. "The Chalk Garden" playwright Bagnold4 letters, starts with EENID
- 104. Wards (off)6 letters, starts with SSTAVES
- 105. Is a bear in a market5 letters, starts with SSELLS
- 106. Hair braid5 letters, starts with PPLAIT
- 107. Setting of a religious order5 letters, starts with AABBEY
- 109. Gives off, as radiation5 letters, starts with EEMITS
- 110. Carnation stations5 letters, starts with VVASES
- 112. Allowing ventilation4 letters, starts with AAIRY
- 113. Chapters of history4 letters, starts with EERAS
- 114. "Blue Jeans" singer ___ Del Rey4 letters, starts with LLANA
- 116. Barbie or Ken, e.g.4 letters, starts with DDOLL
- 117. "Magnificent" stretch in Chicago4 letters, starts with MMILE
- 118. Like some mochas4 letters, starts with IICED
- 119. X's, as numbers4 letters, starts with TTENS
- 121. Guy literally found in "high altitudes"3 letters, starts with HHAL
- 123. Name on frozen treats3 letters, starts with EEDY
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Questions
What is the answer to “Legendary”?
ICONIC, 6 letters: pertaining to icons.
When was “Legendary” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of January 25, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with I.