Mountain climber's aid
The crossword clue "Mountain climber's aid" is answered by PITON, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PITON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PITON answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PITON
Every other clue in this collection answered by PITON, most used first.
- Climber's spike - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Mountain climber's spike - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Mountaineer's spike - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Rock climber's spike - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Mountain climber's accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Scaler's spike - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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- Mountain crest - ARETE, used 75 times
- Mountain lions - PUMAS, used 50 times
- Sharp mountain ridge - ARETE, used 38 times
- Mountain air? - YODEL, used 34 times
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