Vent cover
The crossword clue "Vent cover" is answered by GRATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GRILLE (1 uses in xd)
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
- Storm drain cover - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Slip cover? - DRESS, used 31 times
- Kitchen cover-up - APRON, used 26 times
- 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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