Garden pests
The crossword clue "Garden pests" is answered by SLUGS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUGS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUGS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- JAPANESEBEETLES (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SLUGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUGS, most used first.
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- Counterfeit coins - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Garden pest - APHID, used 86 times
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- Garden starters - SEEDS, used 33 times
- Rose garden pest - APHID, used 29 times
- Madison Square Garden, for one - ARENA, used 27 times
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