Kind of pollution
The crossword clue "Kind of pollution" is answered by NOISE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOISE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOISE answer page.
Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOISE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOISE, most used first.
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- Reason for earplugs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Uproar - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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