What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically?
Published by Naitik Mehta · March 29, 2026
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Clue
What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically? (4)
Answer
The answer to What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically? is You See L.A. (4 letters).
Why does You See L.A. fit this clue?
This clue uses a phonetic wordplay where 'UCLA' sounds like the phrase 'You see L.A.' when spoken aloud. UCLA is the University of California, Los Angeles, a major public research university located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. The clue works by suggesting that when you tour this Southern California campus, you literally 'see L.A.' - you get views of Los Angeles from the university grounds. The phonetic similarity between the university's acronym and the descriptive phrase creates the wordplay connection that makes this answer fit.
What does What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically? mean?
We break down each word in the clue and show its dictionary definitions below.
tour
verb
•to visit and explore a place as a sightseer
SoCal
noun
•informal abbreviation for Southern California
campus
noun
•the grounds and buildings of a university or college
phonetically
adverb
•relating to how words sound when spoken aloud
Where did this clue appear?
This clue appeared as 122-across in the New York Times Daily on March 29, 2026, by Michael and Oliver Schlossberg, edited by Will Shortz. See all answers for this puzzle.
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What does You See L.A. mean?
phrase
•A phonetic play on 'UCLA' (University of California, Los Angeles) - when touring the campus, you literally see the city of Los Angeles, which sounds like spelling out the university's acronym
How to use You See L.A. in a sentence
Here are 3 examples of how to use the word You See L.A..
•“When you tour the UCLA campus in Westwood, you see L.A. sprawling out below from the elevated hillside location.”
•“From the observatory deck on a clear day, you see L.A.'s downtown skyline stretching to the horizon.”
•“Standing on the Santa Monica Pier at sunset, you see L.A.'s coastline bathed in golden light.”
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- What is the answer to What you do when you tour a certain SoCal campus, phonetically??
- The answer is You See L.A. (4 letters).
- Where did this clue appear?
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- The answer has 4 letters: You See L.A..
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NYT Daily — Mar 29, 2026
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editor
Will Shortz
date
position
122 Across
answer length
4 letters