Plastic alternative
The crossword clue "Plastic alternative" is answered by PAPER, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAPER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAPER answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PAPER
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAPER, most used first.
- Origami need - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Rock beater - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Daily delivery - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Copier need - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- First anniversary gift - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Origami material - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Grocery bag option - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of tiger - used 7 times, most recently in 1987
- Origami medium - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Document - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Midway alternative - OHARE, used 67 times
- Advil alternative - ALEVE, used 66 times
- Plastic wrap brand - SARAN, used 39 times
- Tylenol alternative - ALEVE, used 39 times
- Plastic wrap - SARAN, used 35 times
- Clothesline alternative - DRYER, used 34 times
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