African viper

The answer

ASP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASP answer page.

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 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.

• PUFFADDER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASP

Every other clue in this collection answered by ASP, most used first.

• Egyptian snake - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile reptile - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Egyptian cobra - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Viper - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile biter - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Venomous viper - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Venomous snake - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile viper - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Egyptian viper - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Horned viper - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile snake - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Cleo's slayer - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile serpent - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Snake - used 40 times, most recently in 1997
• Cleopatra's killer - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Pharaoh's symbol - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleopatra's snake - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Nile slitherer - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Poisonous snake - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Cleopatra's undoing - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
• African snake - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleo's killer - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Cleo's undoing - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
• Venomous Egyptian snake - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Egyptian serpent - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Dangerous snake - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Uraeus. - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Ophidian. - used 19 times, most recently in 2005
• Nile nipper - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Cleopatra's slayer - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Serpent - used 16 times, most recently in 1998
• African serpent - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• African cobra - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• African slitherer - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Cleo's snake - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Cleopatra biter - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Death on the Nile cause, perhaps - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Hooded snake - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Deadly snake - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Venomous reptile - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• "Antony and Cleopatra" prop - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile menace - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Ancient symbol of royalty - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cairo cobra - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Egyptian slitherer - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Slithery Egyptian - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Venomous serpent - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Adder relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• African menace - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Cleo's feller? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Deadly snake in "Antony and Cleopatra" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Egyptian reptile - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hieroglyphics serpent - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Scary snake - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Snake in Egyptian art - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Snake that bit Cleopatra - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Venom source - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Adder's kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Cerastes - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Cleo's downfall - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Cleopatra's biter - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Cleopatra's nemesis - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Deadly biter - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Eurasian viper - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Hieroglyphics reptile - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Nile cobra - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Nile danger - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Uraeus symbol. - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
• "Antony and Cleopatra" snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Cleo's doom - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Cleo's end - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Cleopatra's "poor venomous fool" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Dreaded snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hieroglyphics snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Hooded viper - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Naja haje - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Nile denizen - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Pharaonic symbol - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Raiders of the Lost Ark" snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Shakespearean snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Slithery slayer - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Snake along the Nile - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Snake that killed a queen - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Symbol of the Pharaohs - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Viper variety - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Warbucks cohort - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• "Worm of the Nile" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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