Source of indigo
The crossword clue "Source of indigo" is answered by ANIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANIL answer page.
Used 20 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 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.
- INDICAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANIL, most used first.
- Indigo - used 221 times, most recently in 2020
- Blue dye - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigo plant - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigo source - used 50 times, most recently in 2021
- Deep blue - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
- Indigo dye - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigo dye source - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Blue dye source - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Dye plant - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
- West Indian shrub. - used 16 times, most recently in 1986
- Deep blue dye - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Dyestuff - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Indigo shrub - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Indigo-yielding shrub - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dye. - used 7 times, most recently in 1979
- Blue shade - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Dye source - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Dye-yielding plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Dyeing plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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