Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce
The crossword clue "Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce" is answered by PESTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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
PESTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTO answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Linguine topper - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Alfredo alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- Garlicky sauce - AIOLI, used 105 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
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