Common allergen
The crossword clue "Common allergen" is answered by DUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. 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
DUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUST answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. 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.
- PETHAIR (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for DUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUST, most used first.
- Do some housecleaning - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Check for prints - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Do some housework - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Bookshelf buildup - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Check for fingerprints - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine powder - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Attic buildup - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Do a household chore - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Do housework - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
- Furniture buildup - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Maid's target - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "Bunnies" under the bed - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean with a rag - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Furniture collection? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry mop's target - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Wipe clean, as furniture - used 6 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.
- Common street name - MAIN, used 55 times
- Common French verb - ETRE, used 49 times
- Common Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 34 times
- Common conjunctions - ANDS, used 31 times
- Common contraction - ISNT, used 29 times
- Common metal - IRON, used 29 times
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