Rose protector
The crossword clue "Rose protector" is answered by THORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THORN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THORN answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for THORN
Every other clue in this collection answered by THORN, most used first.
- Prickle - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Rose feature - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sticker - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Androcles' extraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Rosebush sticker - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Irritant in one's side - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Spine. - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
- Rose hazard - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Sticking point - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Rose oil - ATTAR, used 91 times
- "___ Irish Rose" - ABIES, used 84 times
- Rose essence - ATTAR, used 38 times
- Rose - STOOD, used 32 times
- Rose garden pest - APHID, used 29 times
- Rose part - PETAL, used 18 times
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