Parasitic creature
The crossword clue "Parasitic creature" is answered by LEECH, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. 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
LEECH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEECH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEECH
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEECH, most used first.
- Bloodsucker - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Parasite - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Hanger-on - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Freeloader - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Moocher - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Bloodsucking creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sponge - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Sponger - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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- Creature - BEING, used 9 times
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