Crossword answer · 5 letters
PANDA definition and meaning
PAN-duh · noun
What does PANDA mean?
A panda is a black-and-white bear whose diet consists largely of bamboo.
What does PANDA mean in a crossword?
PANDA appears in the reviewed clue “Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues.” “Parsed in three parts” instructs the solver to hear the answer as P + AND + A.
Why is PANDA useful to learn?
This teaching profile is included because PANDA has a verified clue relationship and demonstrates how wording, grammar, length, or wordplay narrows a fill.
Common clue patterns
- Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
- Read the five letters as one letter, a conjunction, and another letter.
- 5-letter wordplay answer confirmed by crossings
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
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. A different clue may target another sense, so solvers should still confirm the grammar and crossing letters.