Painter's base
The crossword clue "Painter's base" is answered by GESSO, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GESSO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GESSO answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for GESSO
Every other clue in this collection answered by GESSO, most used first.
- Plaster of Paris - used 50 times, most recently in 2022
- Bas-relief medium - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Painting surface - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Artist's plaster - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Painter's primer - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Painter's plaster - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Painter's undercoat - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Painting base - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Gypsum painting surface - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Surface for painting - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Painter's base layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Plaster painting surface - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Tempera painting surface - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Painter's stand - EASEL, used 76 times
- Borscht base - BEETS, used 50 times
- In base eight - OCTAL, used 40 times
- Painter's prop - EASEL, used 29 times
- In base 8 - OCTAL, used 25 times
- Touch base - TAGUP, used 22 times
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