Prickly shrub
The crossword clue "Prickly shrub" is answered by BRAMBLE, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 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
BRAMBLE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRAMBLE answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 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.
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.
- GOOSEBERRY (1 uses in xd)
- HAWTHORN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BRAMBLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRAMBLE, most used first.
- Prickly bush - used 7 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.
- Prickly plant - THISTLE, used 19 times
- Prickly plants - NETTLES, used 7 times
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