Insect wings

The answer

ALAE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALAE answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALAE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALAE, most used first.

• Wings - used 200 times, most recently in 2017
• Winglike parts - used 64 times, most recently in 2019
• Wings: Lat. - used 34 times, most recently in 2020
• Wings for Amor - used 20 times, most recently in 2005
• Winglike structures - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Wings: Anat. - used 12 times, most recently in 1967
• Amor's wings - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Latin wings - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Wings: Bot. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
• Pair on an angelus - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• Wings, to Ovid - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Cupid's wings - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Winglike - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Winglike appendages - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Wings for Mercury - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Wings, in Latin - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pesky insect - GNAT, used 159 times
• Stinging insect - WASP, used 121 times
• Building wings - ELLS, used 106 times
• Dumbo's "wings" - EARS, used 72 times
• Insect stage - PUPA, used 65 times
• Annoying insect - GNAT, used 60 times

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