Fish usually caught in the winter
The crossword clue "Fish usually caught in the winter" is answered by SHAD, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHAD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAD answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAD, most used first.
- Roe source - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Food fish - used 86 times, most recently in 2024
- Herring's kin - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Roe provider - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Herringlike fish - used 38 times, most recently in 2022
- Fish. - used 17 times, most recently in 1975
- Herring relative - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Herring's cousin - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Herring kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Edible herring - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Caviar source - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Certain herring - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Source of roe - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Atlantic food fish - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Herring - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Herring cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Herring's relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- River herring - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Roe producer - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Type of herring - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Caviar fish - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cousin of a herring - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Deep-bodied herring - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ roe - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Migratory herring - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Sardine cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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