Throat issue
The crossword clue "Throat issue" is answered by STREP, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STREP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STREP answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STREP
Every other clue in this collection answered by STREP, most used first.
- ___ throat - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat ailment - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat affliction - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat bug - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Throat-culture finding - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Throat problem - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Throat trouble - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat ailment, for short - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat malady - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat ailment, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat infection - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Antibiotic target - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Throat prob. - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Throat threat - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Throat dangler - UVULA, used 60 times
- Became an issue - AROSE, used 26 times
- Throat-clearing sounds - AHEMS, used 22 times
- Debate issue - TOPIC, used 12 times
- For the stock issue price - ATPAR, used 10 times
- Lump in one's throat? - UVULA, used 10 times
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