Parasite's need
The crossword clue "Parasite's need" is answered by HOST, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOST answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by HOST, most used first.
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