Death on the Nile cause, perhaps

The answer

ASP

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

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• African viper - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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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