Lamp cover

The answer

SHADE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHADE answer page.

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SHADE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SHADE, most used first.

• Window covering - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Hue - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Window cover - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Relief from the sun - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Ghost - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Elm offering - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Nuance - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Parasol's offering - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Lamp covering - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tint - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Color variation - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Protection from the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Parasol offering - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• What a parasol provides - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Awning offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shelter from the sun - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sun protection - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
• Slip cover? - DRESS, used 31 times
• Kitchen cover-up - APRON, used 26 times
• Cake cover - ICING, used 23 times
• Arc lamp gas - XENON, used 22 times
• Cook's cover-up - APRON, used 22 times

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