Storm drain cover
The crossword clue "Storm drain cover" is answered by GRATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRATE answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GRATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRATE, most used first.
- Shred, as cheese - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Prepare Parmesan - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Rasp - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Shred cheese - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Drain cover - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Fireplace - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
- Irritate - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Fireplace frame - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Vent cover - used 7 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.
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- Slip cover? - DRESS, used 31 times
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- Cake cover - ICING, used 23 times
- Cook's cover-up - APRON, used 22 times
- Cover with cloth - DRAPE, used 21 times
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