Imitation
The crossword clue "Imitation" is answered by APERY, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
APERY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APERY answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for APERY
Every other clue in this collection answered by APERY, most used first.
- Mimicry - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Monkey business? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mimic's forte - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Imitative behavior - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Impressionism? - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Clownish miming - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Mimic's skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Mimicking - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Impressionist's skill - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Mimic's talent - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Knightley of "The Imitation Game" - KEIRA, used 8 times
- Chocolate imitation - CAROB, used 6 times
- In imitation of - AFTER, used 6 times
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