Insect repellent
The crossword clue "Insect repellent" is answered by DEET, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEET
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEET answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.
- CAMPHOR (1 uses in xd)
- CITRONELLA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DEET
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEET, most used first.
- Bug spray ingredient - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Off! ingredient - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect repellent ingredient - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Bug repellent ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bug repellent - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Insect-repelling chemical - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Insect repellent compound - 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.
- Pesky insect - GNAT, used 159 times
- Stinging insect - WASP, used 121 times
- Insect stage - PUPA, used 65 times
- Annoying insect - GNAT, used 60 times
- Insect. - GNAT, used 49 times
- Insect eggs - NITS, used 22 times
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