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Fish-eating duck

Answer: SMEW - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Fish-eating duck" is answered by SMEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

SMEW

SMEW

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

27Times used
18Distinct years
2023Most recent year
8Publications

Used 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SMEW

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

  • Merganser - used 82 times, most recently in 2015
  • Diving duck - used 66 times, most recently in 2026

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