Penne alternative
The crossword clue "Penne alternative" is answered by ZITI, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. 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
ZITI
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZITI answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- FETTUCINI (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ZITI
Every other clue in this collection answered by ZITI, most used first.
- Tubular pasta - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Rigatoni relative - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Pasta choice - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Edible tubes - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Tube-shaped pasta - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cylindrical pasta - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Baked pasta dish - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Pasta that's often baked - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Often-baked pasta - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Pasta often baked - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pasta that's totally tubular - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pasta tubes - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Tubes on the table - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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