Still-life subjects

The answer

PEARS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEARS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 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.

• EWERS (17 uses in xd)
• URNS (4 uses in xd)
• VASES (2 uses in xd)
• GRAPES (1 uses in xd)
• ORANGES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PEARS

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

• Boscs and Bartletts - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit basket items - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Bartletts. - used 12 times, most recently in 2002
• Compote fruits - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bosc and Bartlett - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bartlett and Bosc - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Boscs - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Anjou and Bosc - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Juicy fruits - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Still life fruits - used 6 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.

• Plant life - FLORA, used 107 times
• Unable to sit still - ANTSY, used 86 times
• "It's a Wonderful Life" director - CAPRA, used 85 times
• Still in the game - ALIVE, used 76 times
• Sign of life - PULSE, used 51 times
• Animal life - FAUNA, used 41 times

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