Treats with malice
The crossword clue "Treats with malice" is answered by SPITES, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SPITES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPITES answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPITES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPITES, most used first.
- Treats maliciously - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Treats vengefully - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
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