Bitter drug
The crossword clue "Bitter drug" is answered by ALOES, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALOES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALOES answer page.
Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ALOIN (1 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by ALOES, most used first.
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Related clues
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