Alfredo alternative
The crossword clue "Alfredo alternative" is answered by PESTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PESTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTO answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 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.
- MARINARA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PESTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by PESTO, most used first.
- Green sauce - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Basil-based sauce - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Green pasta sauce - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Sauce made with basil - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Basil sauce - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Sauce made with pine nuts - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Trattoria sauce - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Marinara alternative - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Italian sauce - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Pasta topper - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Trattoria topping - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Pasta sauce - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Sauce with basil - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Sauce with pine nuts - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Linguine topper - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Tortellini topping - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Basil-garlic sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Garlic-basil sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Linguine sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- Window alternative - AISLE, used 33 times
- Budget alternative - ALAMO, used 29 times
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