Mortar's partner
The crossword clue "Mortar's partner" is answered by PESTLE, a 6-letter entry. Used 22 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PESTLE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTLE answer page.
Used 22 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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