Rose pest
The crossword clue "Rose pest" is answered by APHID, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. 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
APHID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APHID answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for APHID
Every other clue in this collection answered by APHID, most used first.
- Plant pest - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden pest - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Plant louse - used 40 times, most recently in 2014
- Ladybug's prey - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Rose garden pest - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Sap sucker - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Ladybug's lunch - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Rosebush pest - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Sap-sucking insect - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Orchard pest - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Agricultural pest - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Destructive insect - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Ladybug prey - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Plant-sucking insect - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Ladybug's snack - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Food for a ladybug - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Garden intruder - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Greenhouse louse - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Pest for a rose - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Sap-sucking bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Rose oil - ATTAR, used 91 times
- "___ Irish Rose" - ABIES, used 84 times
- Rose essence - ATTAR, used 38 times
- Rose - STOOD, used 32 times
- Big name in pest control - ORKIN, used 23 times
- Rose part - PETAL, used 18 times
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