Rose protectors
The crossword clue "Rose protectors" is answered by THORNS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THORNS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THORNS answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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