Garden pest

The answer

SLUG

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

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 12 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.

• APHID (86 uses in xd)
• APHIS (13 uses in xd)
• WEED (9 uses in xd)
• SNAIL (5 uses in xd)
• MOLE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SLUG

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

• Punch - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Fake coin - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Wallop - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Counterfeit coin - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Slimy garden pest - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit hard - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Belt - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Phony coin - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Small mollusk. - used 13 times, most recently in 1982
• Bullet - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Vending machine reject - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Gastropod - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Biblical garden - EDEN, used 236 times
• Genesis garden - EDEN, used 213 times
• Garden intruder - WEED, used 91 times
• Garden tools - HOES, used 71 times
• First garden - EDEN, used 50 times
• Garden spot - EDEN, used 49 times

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