Apt name for a herding dog
The crossword clue "Apt name for a herding dog" is answered by SHEP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHEP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHEP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHEP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHEP, most used first.
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- Herding dog's name - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
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- Smith of Fox News - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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