Plant pest
The crossword clue "Plant pest" is answered by APHIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
APHIS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APHIS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 3 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.
- GYPSYMOTH (1 uses in xd)
- LEAFHOPPER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for APHIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by APHIS, most used first.
- Garden pest - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
- Plant louse - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Sap-sucking insect genus - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Marsh plant - SEDGE, used 116 times
- Plant life - FLORA, used 107 times
- Soap plant - AMOLE, used 103 times
- Plant pest - APHID, used 94 times
- Garden pest - APHID, used 86 times
- Medicinal plant - SENNA, used 76 times
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