They're drawn to the flame
The crossword clue "They're drawn to the flame" is answered by MOTHS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MOTHS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTHS answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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