Fat substitute
The crossword clue "Fat substitute" is answered by OLESTRA, a 7-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OLESTRA
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OLESTRA answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OLESTRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by OLESTRA, most used first.
- Fake fat - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Substitute - STANDIN, used 24 times
- As a substitute - INSTEAD, used 16 times
- Wool fat - LANOLIN, used 14 times
- Substitute for - REPLACE, used 11 times
- Fat - ADIPOSE, used 9 times
- Having the least fat - LEANEST, used 7 times
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