Taxidermy subject

The answer

DEER

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Cervine creature - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• 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
• 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

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.

• Goya subject - MAJA, used 66 times
• Med. school subject - ANAT, used 62 times
• On the subject of - ASTO, used 43 times
• Subject, usually - NOUN, used 42 times
• Still-life subject - EWER, used 35 times
• School subject - MATH, used 31 times

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