Mortar's mate
The crossword clue "Mortar's mate" is answered by PESTLE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. 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
PESTLE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTLE answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PESTLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PESTLE, most used first.
- Mortar's partner - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Grinding tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Mortar partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Mortar and ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Crushing tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Mortar mate - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Apothecary tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Grinding tool used with a mortar - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Mate - SPOUSE, used 22 times
- Ready to mate - INHEAT, used 8 times
- Titania's mate - OBERON, used 8 times
- Showy bird's mate - PEAHEN, used 7 times
- Bird with a showy mate - PEAHEN, used 6 times
- Greg's sitcom mate - DHARMA, used 6 times
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