African scavengers
The crossword clue "African scavengers" is answered by HYENAS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. 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
HYENAS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HYENAS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. 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.
- JACKALS (1 uses in xd)
- SPOTTEDHYENAS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HYENAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HYENAS, most used first.
- Serengeti scavengers - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Doglike scavengers - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- "Laughing" animals - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- "Laughing" critters - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- African fly - TSETSE, used 82 times
- African desert - SAHARA, used 67 times
- African antelopes - ELANDS, used 36 times
- African antelope - IMPALA, used 34 times
- African expanse - SAHARA, used 33 times
- African menace - TSETSE, used 18 times
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