Bear that's not a bear
The crossword clue "Bear that's not a bear" is answered by KOALA, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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KOALA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KOALA answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for KOALA
Every other clue in this collection answered by KOALA, most used first.
- Eucalyptus eater - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Australian "bear" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Australian marsupial - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Eucalyptus muncher - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Aussie marsupial - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Eucalyptus-eating marsupial - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Aussie "bear" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Australian bearlike beast - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Arboreal marsupial - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Arboreal Aussie - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Cuddly-looking marsupial - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Fluffy-eared marsupial - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Furry marsupial - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Wombat cousin - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Aussie bearlike beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Eucalyptus-eating "bear" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Eucalyptus lover - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Qantas mascot - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Bearlike Aussie beast - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Eater of eucalyptus leaves - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Eucalyptus leaf muncher - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Furry Australian - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
- Bring to bear - EXERT, used 122 times
- Not together - APART, used 116 times
- Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
- Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
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