Polecat's defense
The crossword clue "Polecat's defense" is answered by ODOR, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ODOR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ODOR answer page.
Used 34 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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