Basil-based sauce
The crossword clue "Basil-based sauce" is answered by PESTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 86 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
PESTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTO answer page.
Used 86 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 22 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 pilot answered by PESTO, most used first.
- Green sauce - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Garlicky sauce - AIOLI, used 105 times
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