Shade provider
The crossword clue "Shade provider" is answered by ELM, a 3-letter entry. Used 97 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ELM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELM answer page.
Used 97 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 17 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.
- AWNING (8 uses in xd)
- CANOPY (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELM
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELM, most used first.
- Shade tree - used 437 times, most recently in 2026
- Stately tree - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- "A Nightmare on ___ Street" - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Common street name - used 85 times, most recently in 2025
- Shade source - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- "Slippery" tree - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree. - used 66 times, most recently in 2014
- Slippery ___ - used 60 times, most recently in 2019
- Freddy Krueger's street - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- "Nightmare" street - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Popular street name - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
- Avenue tree - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Massachusetts state tree - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Dutch ___ disease - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Spreading tree - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Stately shade tree - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Street shader - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Shady tree - used 21 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.
- Shade - HUE, used 310 times
- Blond shade - ASH, used 151 times
- Blonde shade - ASH, used 95 times
- Shade of green - PEA, used 91 times
- Green shade - PEA, used 62 times
- Shade of gray - ASH, used 59 times
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