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Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues LA Times Crossword clue
Editorially reviewed August 21, 2026
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How the trick resolves
PANDA is the literal bamboo-eating bear. Parsed as P-AND-A, it also describes the starred answers, each of which contains both the letters P and A.
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“Parsed in three parts” instructs the solver to hear the answer as P + AND + A.
The answer in plain English
A panda is a black-and-white bear whose diet consists largely of bamboo.
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