Painter's undercoat
The crossword clue "Painter's undercoat" is answered by GESSO, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 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 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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 base - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Painter's plaster - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Painter's prop - EASEL, used 29 times
- Painter's support - EASEL, used 9 times
- Painter's garb - SMOCK, used 8 times
- Painter's overgarment - SMOCK, used 6 times
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