Traces of smoke
The crossword clue "Traces of smoke" is answered by WISPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WISPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WISPS, most used first.
- Bits of smoke - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin strands - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Remove all traces of - ERASE, used 16 times
- Going up in smoke - AFIRE, used 10 times
- Mild smoke - CLARO, used 10 times
- Smoke detectors? - NOSES, used 10 times
- Smoke signal? - ALARM, used 7 times
- Word with smoke or fire - ALARM, used 7 times
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