Pest control target
The crossword clue "Pest control target" is answered by ROACH, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROACH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROACH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ROACH
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROACH, most used first.
- Raid target - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Household pest - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen pest - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Raid victim - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Exterminator's target - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Urban pest - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Plant pest - APHID, used 94 times
- Garden pest - APHID, used 86 times
- Target - AIMAT, used 52 times
- Brings under control - TAMES, used 42 times
- Brought under control - TAMED, used 41 times
- Rose garden pest - APHID, used 29 times
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