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__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword October 28, 2019 Answers

The LA Times Daily Crossword crossword published on October 28, 2019 contains the clue "__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title". According to our crossword solution database, there are 186 possible answers. ALTHEA (6 letters) is the frontrunner at 99% confidence. We've listed every potential solution below, ranked from most to least likely.

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186 Other Potential Answers

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ALTHEA
__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 28, 2019
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EGOT
Showbiz grand slam
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MESSI
First MLS player to win consecutive MVP awards
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NOBEL
Prize first awarded in 1901
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WESTWARDHO
Oregon Trail cry, or an apt title for this puzzle?
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ALIVE
Still in it to win it
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ANO
"It's __-win situation"
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GAININGWEIGHT
Getting heavier, or an apt title for this puzzle
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REGRIP
Fix, as a tennis racket or golf club
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SIR
Knight's title
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LEADS
Goes first
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OPHELIA
Tragic character in the title of a 2025 Taylor Swift chart-topper
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GORILLAMONSOON
Hall of Fame wrestler who was a commentator for the first eight Wrestlemanias
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CHECKINDESK
Conventioneer's first stop
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HERR
Bach title
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TOPHEAVY
Not well-balanced, or an apt title for this puzzle?
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STAR
Scrabble board symbol covered in the first play of the game
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EKE
__ out a win
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SELES
1990s tennis star Monica
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SERVE
Start a tennis rally
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BMINUS
So-so grade, or an apt title for this puzzle
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UNIT
Second, but not first
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DALAI
Start of a religious title
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LOBS
Some tennis shots
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DRNO
James Bond's first movie foe
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BACKTOBACK
Consecutive, or a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of 17-, 25-, 38-, 40-, and 49-Across
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AHEAD
On track to win
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MALL
Edina, Minnesota is home to the first U.S. indoor one
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SLICE
Tricky tennis serve
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ESQ
Atty.'s title
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JILL
Former first lady Biden
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EAST
Direction that plays first in mahjong
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THIRTY
Two points, in tennis
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CEO
Corp. title for Jane Fraser of Citigroup
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MAINEVENT
Principal draw on fight night, or an apt title for this puzzle
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WOO
Try to win over
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SPEAKEASY
Hidden bar of the Prohibition era, or an apt title for this puzzle?
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ASK
The first "A" of Reddit's AMA
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GRIP
Customizable part of a tennis racket
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ESOBESO
Anka song with a Spanish title
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COMPETE
Try for the title
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NEWLY
For the first time
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IRS
Org. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. Boutwell
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OTTO
2022 title role for Tom Hanks
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ELIO
2025 Pixar title character
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WON
Was first
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ACID
Word in a Samin Nosrat cookbook title
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DISASSOCIATION
Process of detachment, or an apt title for this puzzle
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WIN
Finish first
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ASST
Corporate title abbr.
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LET
Replayed tennis serve
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LEBEAU
Defensive coordinator who helped the Steelers win the Super Bowl in 2006 and 2009
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SRTA
Chica's title: Abbr.
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ACE
Serena slam?
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SENOR
Spanish title
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SNAP
Show appreciation at a poetry slam, e.g.
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NOTMYJOB
"That's someone else's problem," or an apt title for this puzzle
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RODCAREW
Namesake of the AL batting title
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LENDMEYOUREARS
Shakespearean "Listen up!," or an apt title for this puzzle?
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SAYITWITHFLOWERS
FTD Mother's Day slogan, or an alternate title for this puzzle?
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YENTL
Streisand title role
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ESSENCE
Magazine whose first editorial director was Gordon Parks
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SRI
Sanskrit title of respect
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DON
Mattingly who was the Yankees starting first baseman for 12 seasons
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ELEMENTOFSURPRISE
Advantage in some situations, or an alternate title for this puzzle
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LED
Went first
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APBIO
HS course whose first unit is Chemistry of Life
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SEPT
Mo. in a Green Day title
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OWNER
One with a title
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RBI
Baseball stat in a 1987 video game's title
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YALE
Ivy that was the first U.S. school to issue a Ph.D.
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OBOE
Double-reed woodwind related to the shawm
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SAIL
Travel as the wind blows
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ARTSHOW
Event that may have drawings
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SNOWS
Makes a winter blanket?
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ADAM
Guy known for his first-person perspective?
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FOROLDTIMESSAKE
"In the name of that rice wine we drank ages ago"?
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TILDA
Actress Swinton
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BEEF
Award-winning Netflix series about conflict
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RACECARBED
Furniture for a kid who's growing up fast?
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FRANCES
Three-time Best Actress Oscar winner McDormand
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FASTEST
Like a race winner
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ETCHA
__ Sketch: drawing toy
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ADELE
One-named singer whose studio albums have numerical titles
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DETENTE
Thawing of diplomatic tensions
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ROBERTS
"Erin Brockovich" Oscar winner
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MANN
Grammy winner Aimee
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APOLLO
Twin of Artemis
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SONOMA
California wine valley
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FBI
Letters said while showing a badge
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NAPS
Catches forty winks
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ANAS
Santa __: hot California winds
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RADNER
"SNL" Emmy winner Gilda
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ANORA
2025 Best Picture Oscar winner
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HOSED
Swindled
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PIG
Swine
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ETCHASKETCH
Drawing toy that uses aluminum powder
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ALAN
"Growing Pains" actor Thicke
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NAPA
West Coast wine region
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ICHIRO
Suzuki who won nine batting titles in two countries
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VENUS
Williams with five Wimbledon singles titles
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SHANIA
Grammy winner Twain
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ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
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OBOIST
Woodwind section player
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URN
Spot where there's no trouble brewing?
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ARIE
Grammy winner India.__
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MEL
EGOT-winning Brooks
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EGAN
Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer
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RAMS
2022 Super Bowl winners
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SHIA
Branch of Islam
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DALY
Six-time Emmy winner Tyne
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NAP
Catch a few winks
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SALAT
Ritual prayer of Islam
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GALE
Destructive wind
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BELA
Grammy-winning banjoist Fleck
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STRIKEOUT
Go down swinging, perhaps
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ALBA
"Jane the Virgin" grandmother
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SHOOIN
Sure winner
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EDDIEREDMAYNE
"The Theory of Everything" Best Actor Oscar winner
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ION
Particle in a stellar wind
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ONEAL
Youngest Oscar winner
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TITO
"Mambo Birdland" Grammy winner Puente
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VOLE
Burrowing rodent
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RON
"This Is Us" Emmy winner __ Cephas Jones
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DANO
Paul who played twins in "There Will Be Blood"
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SNL
Strong showing from 2012 to 2022, for short?
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TIRE
Makeshift swing
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CHAMP
Trophy winner
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GLEAM
Twinkle
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EYDIE
Grammy winner Gorme
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UGGS
Fluffy winter boots
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ESAU
Biblical twin
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RAMI
Oscar winner Malek
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TERRI
Sherri's twin on "The Simpsons"
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ERG
Rowing machine, colloquially
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FADING
Growing dim
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NGUYEN
"The Sympathizer" Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh
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ANWAR
Nobel Peace Prize winner Sadat
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MARLEEMATLIN
Oscar winner who gave her acceptance speech in ASL
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DONOTERASE
Photography collection subtitled "Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards"
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POORTHINGS
Oscar-winning film based on an Alasdair Gray novel
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FIREDRILL
Exercise that may wind up in a playground
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NONNA
Italian grandma
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LEIA
Luke's twin
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REMOTESTART
Convenient car feature on a cold winter morning, or a feature of 19-, 27-, and 44-Across?
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ASTI
Italian sparkling wine
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BOG
Cranberry-growing area
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RHEA
Golden Globe winner Seehorn
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EDIE
Emmy winner Falco
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FLAWLESSDIAMOND
Glowing review for a groundskeeper's work?
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AMAZINGGRACE
Glowing review for a preprandial prayer?
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PERFECTMATCHES
Glowing review for a wrestling team?
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GREATPYRAMIDS
Glowing review for a cheerleading squad?
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SPOTLESSRECORD
Glowing review for a purchase from a vintage music store?
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AWESOMESAUCE
Glowing review for a bootlegger?
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FIRSTCLASSSEATS
Glowing review for a chairmaker?
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EMBER
Glowing coal
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AIRY
Like a room with open windows
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GLIMMER
Twinkle
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SAILS
Moves with the wind
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SEAPLANE
Water wings?
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AARON
"The Social Network" Oscar winner Sorkin
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ITSALLINTHEHIPS
Advice for adding power to a golf swing, or what can be said about 17-, 27-, and 50-Across
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OAR
Rowing implement
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ZIN
California wine grape, for short
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COCO
2025 French Open winner Gauff
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OBOES
Yamaha woodwinds
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REESE
Oscar winner Witherspoon
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MERLOT
Red wine grape
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GOLDIE
Oscar winner Hawn
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ANGELSINAMERICA
Pulitzer-winning play chronicled in the oral history "The World Only Spins Forward"
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ALLAH
God of Islam
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FARM
Growing concern?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 2, 2026
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CECE
Grammy winner Winans
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CHURCHILLDOWNS
Racetrack with twin spires
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PANIC
Growing alarm
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METAMETAPHOR
"Words are but wind"?
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MOVIE
Theater showing
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GALLERY
Drawing room?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 29, 2026
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DOUG
Heisman winner Flutie
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FANART
Unofficial drawings of characters
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KIERAN
"A Real Pain" Oscar winner Culkin
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ARGO
Best Picture winner set in Iran
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SHADOW
February signal of more winter
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FLY
Household pest with wings
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FILM
Cannes festival showing
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Clues for LA Times Daily Crossword on October 28, 2019

Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 186 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is ALTHEA (6 letters).
What is the best answer for "__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title"?
The best answer for "__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title" is ALTHEA with 6 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on October 28, 2019.
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