Trick alternative
The crossword clue "Trick alternative" is answered by TREAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TREAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREAT answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TREAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREAT, most used first.
- Pick up the tab - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Halloween option - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- "Trick or __!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay for everyone - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Grab the tab - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Negotiate. - used 23 times, most recently in 1991
- Halloween choice - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Unexpected pleasure - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Deal with - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Dog's reward - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Dutch ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2009
- Pick up the check - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Doctor - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Pay for - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Foot the bill - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Actor Williams - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Good dog's reward - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Goody - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Halloween handout - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Pleasant surprise - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Trick's alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Entertain - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
- Handle - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Minister to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pet's reward - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a holiday phrase - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Pay for dinner - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Special pleasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Take the tab - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Wine and dine - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Buy a meal for - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Buy a round - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Goodie - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Pick up the bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pick up the tab for - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Something special - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Special tidbit - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Midway alternative - OHARE, used 67 times
- Advil alternative - ALEVE, used 66 times
- Tylenol alternative - ALEVE, used 39 times
- Clothesline alternative - DRYER, used 34 times
- Window alternative - AISLE, used 33 times
- Basic skateboarding trick - OLLIE, used 31 times
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