Wine dregs

The answer

LEES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEES answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 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.

• TREVINOGRANTSTRASBERG (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEES

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEES, most used first.

• Sediment - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Dregs - used 116 times, most recently in 2022
• Wine sediment - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Some jeans - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom of the barrel - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Cask sediment - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Popular jeans - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Wine barrel sediment - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Wranglers alternative - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cask dregs - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Directors Spike and Ang - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Alternatives to Levi's - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Levi's alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Levi's alternatives - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sordor - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
• Vintner's dregs - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Peggy and Pinky - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Wine vat waste - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Majors and Grant - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• Marvin and Majors - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Noted Virginia family - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Alternative to Levi's - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Famous Virginians. - used 7 times, most recently in 1974
• Grounds. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Jeans brand - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Notable Virginia family - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Peggy and Spike - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Settlings. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Shelters - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Vintner's sediment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine bottle sediment - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine cask sediment - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Wranglers alternatives - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

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• Italian wine region - ASTI, used 300 times
• California wine valley - NAPA, used 196 times
• Italian wine center - ASTI, used 150 times
• Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
• Italian wine city - ASTI, used 92 times
• Wine: Prefix - OENO, used 92 times

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