Pond critter
The crossword clue "Pond critter" is answered by NEWT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. 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
NEWT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEWT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. 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.
Other clues for NEWT
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEWT, most used first.
- Salamander - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Small salamander - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Mr. Gingrich - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Semiaquatic salamander - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Small amphibian - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Triton - used 25 times, most recently in 1992
- Colorful salamander - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Politico Gingrich - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Grown-up eft - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Lizard look-alike - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Brightly colored salamander - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Former Speaker Gingrich - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Little salamander - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Pond denizen - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Eft - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
- Witches' brew ingredient - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Water-loving salamander - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Colorful amphibian - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Gingrich - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Mature eft - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Ex-Speaker Gingrich - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Former House Speaker Gingrich - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Slender amphibian - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Wetlands resident - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Pond growth - ALGA, used 64 times
- Pond organism - ALGA, used 53 times
- Pond plant - ALGA, used 36 times
- Pond gunk - SCUM, used 31 times
- Pond duck - TEAL, used 27 times
- Bit of pond scum - ALGA, used 21 times
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