Bee's defense
The crossword clue "Bee's defense" is answered by STING, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STING answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STING
Every other clue in this collection answered by STING, most used first.
- Smart - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Police trap - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Bee's attack - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Con game - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Undercover operation - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Bee attack - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Scorpion attack - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Bee bite - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Jellyfish attack - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Beekeeper's danger - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Police operation - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Wasp attack - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Police chief? - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Police man? - used 6 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.
- Suspect's defense - ALIBI, used 28 times
- Basketball defense - PRESS, used 13 times
- Legal defense - ALIBI, used 13 times
- "The defense ___" - RESTS, used 13 times
- Court defense - ALIBI, used 10 times
- Defunct defense gp. - SEATO, used 10 times
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