Florida athlete
The crossword clue "Florida athlete" is answered by GATOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GATOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GATOR answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Swamp thing - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Cousin of a croc - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Florida city - OCALA, used 177 times
- Central Florida city - OCALA, used 100 times
- Texas A&M athlete - AGGIE, used 66 times
- Florida city - TAMPA, used 51 times
- Houston athlete - ASTRO, used 51 times
- Boca ___, Florida - RATON, used 32 times
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