Apple alternative
The crossword clue "Apple alternative" is answered by IBM, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IBM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IBM answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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.
- NECTARINE (1 uses in xd)
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