Plum cousin

The answer

SLOE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOE answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.

• APRICOT (2 uses in xd)
• CLARETRED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SLOE

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

• ___ gin fizz - used 369 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin flavoring - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn - used 158 times, most recently in 2025
• Wild plum - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn fruit - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Plumlike fruit - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ gin - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Tart fruit - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-eyed - used 38 times, most recently in 2019
• Kind of gin - used 34 times, most recently in 2012
• Gin flavor - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Gin-flavoring fruit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin flavorer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit of the blackthorn - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
• Sour fruit - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit used to flavor gin - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin fruit - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Plum. - used 15 times, most recently in 1973
• Blackthorn berry - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of gin - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Astringent fruit - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Fizz flavoring - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Gin fizz flavoring - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Gin fizz fruit - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Tart plum - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Gin fizz flavor - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Liqueur flavoring - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Plum kin - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Plum relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Fruit for flavoring gin - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Liqueur flavor - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Purple fruit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn plum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ gin fizz (cocktail) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Dark purple fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Dark-skinned fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Purplish fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Sour plum - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Blackthorn's fruit - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ gin fizz (bar order) - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Gin type - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• Gator's cousin - CROC, used 134 times
• Clarinet cousin - OBOE, used 92 times
• Bigfoot's cousin - YETI, used 91 times
• Tony's cousin - OBIE, used 74 times
• Frog's cousin - TOAD, used 66 times
• Bassoon cousin - OBOE, used 47 times

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