Cervine creature

The answer

DEER

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEER answer page.

Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 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.

• DOE (1 uses in xd)
• ELK (1 uses in xd)
• ROE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEER

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

• Antelope's playmate - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Bambi, for one - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest animal - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Woodland grazer - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Bambi, e.g. - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Glade grazer - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Bucks and does - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Whitetail. - used 30 times, most recently in 2013
• Stag or doe - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Venison source - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Antlered animal - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Doe or buck - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Does and bucks - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Doe or fawn - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Lots of bucks - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Doe or stag - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• A couple of bucks? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• A few bucks? - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Does - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Some bucks - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi - used 18 times, most recently in 2000
• Big game - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• A buck or two - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest creature - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Forest denizen - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi's kin - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Forest foragers - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Forest grazer - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Sambar. - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• Bucks - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Bucks, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Ruminant - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Forest forager - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Salt lick visitor - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Source of venison - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Woodland creature - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi and kin - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Pronghorn. - used 12 times, most recently in 1977
• Road sign silhouette - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal with antlers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest ruminant - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Game animal - used 10 times, most recently in 1981
• "In the headlights" animal - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Moose relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Venison - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Big bucks? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Buck or doe - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Couple of bucks - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Doe or roe - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Fawn or doe - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Doe, a ___..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Elk relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Roadside grazer - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Stags and does - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Timid creature - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Woodland ruminant - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• A lot of bucks? - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Animal on XING signs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal that may be "XING" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Bambi's family - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Caribou, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Taxidermy subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Animal on an "XING" sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Antelope's playmate, in song - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bambi and others - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Doe, a ___, a female ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Many bucks - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Range player - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• White-tailed creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Woodlands ruminant - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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• Footless creature - APOD, used 25 times
• "Return of the Jedi" creature - EWOK, used 19 times
• Warty creature - TOAD, used 14 times
• Dangerous marine creature - ORCA, used 13 times

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