Basil-based sauces
The crossword clue "Basil-based sauces" is answered by PESTOS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PESTOS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTOS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PESTOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PESTOS, most used first.
- Green sauces - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
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