Cousin of a croc

The answer

GATOR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GATOR answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GATOR

Every other clue in this collection answered by GATOR, most used first.

• Croc's cousin - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Croc's kin - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• University of Florida athlete - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Croc's relative - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Swamp critter - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Florida athlete - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Swamp thing - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Croc cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Gainesville athlete - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• University of Florida player - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Croc kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Croc relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Swamp snapper - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Florida collegian - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• University of Florida mascot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Florida footballer - 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.

• Mink's cousin - OTTER, used 66 times
• Giraffe's cousin - OKAPI, used 53 times
• Giraffe cousin - OKAPI, used 46 times
• Raccoon cousin - COATI, used 38 times
• Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" - TOMEI, used 36 times
• "My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner - TOMEI, used 36 times

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