African pest
The crossword clue "African pest" is answered by TSETSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TSETSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TSETSE answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TSETSEFLY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TSETSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TSETSE, most used first.
- African fly - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
- Dangerous fly - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Feared fly - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Fly over the equator? - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- African menace - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Fearsome fly - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Dreaded fly - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Bloodsucking fly - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Fly over Africa? - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Sleeping sickness carrier - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Fly. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Nagana carrier - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Dangerous African fly - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- African bloodsucker - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Deadly fly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- African insect - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- African scourge - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Feared African fly - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Fly of Africa - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Safari hazard - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Tropical fly - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Trypanosome transmitter - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Botswanan bloodsucker - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Equatorial pest - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Pestilent fly - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Trypanosome carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- African desert - SAHARA, used 67 times
- African antelopes - ELANDS, used 36 times
- African antelope - IMPALA, used 34 times
- African expanse - SAHARA, used 33 times
- African hot spot - SAHARA, used 17 times
- African river - UBANGI, used 17 times
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