Vampire repellent

The answer

CROSS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CROSS answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. 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.

• GARLIC (11 uses in xd)
• HOLYWATER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CROSS

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

• Angry - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• In a bad mood - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Intersect - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Christian symbol - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Irritable - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Traverse - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Symbol of Christianity - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Get to the other side - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Annoyed - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Hybrid - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pen name - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Span - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Peeved - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Female vampire - LAMIA, used 23 times
• Vampire - LAMIA, used 18 times
• Vampire vanquisher - STAKE, used 15 times
• Vampire killer - STAKE, used 13 times
• Moth-repellent wood - CEDAR, used 12 times
• Vampire slayer's weapon - STAKE, used 12 times

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