Fruit-ripening gas
The crossword clue "Fruit-ripening gas" is answered by ETHENE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ETHENE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETHENE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ETHENE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ETHENE, most used first.
- Colorless gas - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Anesthetic gas - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Sweet-smelling gas - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Natural gas component - ETHANE, used 71 times
- Tropical fruit - PAPAYA, used 58 times
- Flammable gas - ETHANE, used 51 times
- Fuel gas - ETHANE, used 38 times
- Odorless gas - ETHANE, used 34 times
- Charge with gas - AERATE, used 30 times
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