Small shoot

The answer

SPRIG

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPRIG answer page.

Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 8 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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• TWIG (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPRIG

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

• Parsley piece - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of parsley - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Parsley unit - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Shoot - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Piece of parsley - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Parsley serving - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Small branch - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Thyme piece - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of mistletoe - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Parsley portion - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of holly - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Parsley bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Small bay - INLET, used 78 times
• Small-minded - PETTY, used 78 times
• Small songbirds - WRENS, used 78 times
• Small drum - TABOR, used 76 times
• Small egg - OVULE, used 73 times
• Very small - TEENY, used 68 times

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