Frying need

The answer

OIL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OIL answer page.

Used 16 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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.

• PAN (13 uses in xd)
• FAT (2 uses in xd)
• HOTOIL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OIL

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

• Lubricate - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Black gold - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Texas tea - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Peanut product - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Squeak stopper - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Salad dressing ingredient - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Tin Man's need - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Lubricant - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
• Motor need - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Slick stuff - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Engine need - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Vinaigrette ingredient - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Olive product - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Fuel. - used 22 times, most recently in 1975
• Canola ___ - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruet contents - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Frying liquid - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Painting. - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Jiffy Lube supply - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• __ and vinegar - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Dressing ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Safflower ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Wildcatter's find - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Crude stuff - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Gusher flow - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Liquid for frying - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Vinegar's partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Corn product - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Friction reducer - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Midnight ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• OPEC commodity - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Salad dressing base - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Venezuelan export - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Cruet filler - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnace fuel - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Painter's medium - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Petroleum - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Coconut ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Extra virgin olive ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Fix a squeak - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Fossil fuel - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast export - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Museum hanging - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Squeak silencer - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Standard product? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Stir-fry need - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop a squeak - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunflower product - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tanker's cargo - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Wildcat strike - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Bribe - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• De-squeak - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Dressing component - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• It may be crude - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Jed Clampett's discovery - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Natural resource - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC product - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Squeak squelcher - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Well output - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Dressing part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Driveway blotch - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Lube - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Lucky strike? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Olive __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Olive extract - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pipeline flow - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Salad topping - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Vinegar partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Alberta export - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Art medium - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Crankcase fluid - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Dipstick coating - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Engine lubricant - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Flaxseed byproduct - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Friction easer - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Garage supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Gusher output - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kuwaiti export - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC export - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Painting medium - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of EVOO - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Saudi Arabian export - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stir-frying need - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Wildcatter's quest - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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