Pool owner's bane
The crossword clue "Pool owner's bane" is answered by ALGAE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALGAE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALGAE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALGAE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALGAE, most used first.
- Pond growth - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Pond scum - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Seaweed - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Aquarium buildup - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Pond buildup - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Pool problem - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Aquarium growth - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Seaweeds - used 20 times, most recently in 2001
- Fish tank buildup - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Aquarium problem - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Aquatic organisms - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Plankton components - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Water plants - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Aquarium gunk - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Aquatic plant life - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pond plants - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Birdbath buildup - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Pond organisms - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Pond life - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pool growth - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiny pond plants - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Birdbath gunk - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Pond cover - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pond covering - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Pond problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pond scum, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Pool problems - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Tank buildup - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Pool member - STENO, used 40 times
- Burglar's bane - ALARM, used 27 times
- Kind of pool - TIDAL, used 23 times
- Swimming pool measurement - DEPTH, used 22 times
- Pool measurement - DEPTH, used 19 times
- Pool party? - STENO, used 19 times
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