Bird dog
The crossword clue "Bird dog" is answered by SETTER, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SETTER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETTER answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- IRISHSETTER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SETTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETTER, most used first.
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- Dog. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
- Large bird dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sporting dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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