What is the answer to "Public square that gets really sticky in the heat?" in the LA Times Crossword?

The answer to the LA Times Crossword clue "Public square that gets really sticky in the heat?" is LICORICEPIAZZA (14 letters).

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Public square that gets really sticky in the heat? LA Times Crossword Clue

Across clue · from the August 9, 2026 puzzle

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Answer

LICORICEPIAZZA

14 letters · Across · last seen August 9, 2026

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