Petting ___

The answer

ZOO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZOO answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• STROKING (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ZOO

Every other clue in this collection answered by ZOO, most used first.

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• Bronx attraction - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal park - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Chaotic place - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Where the wild things are? - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Chaotic situation - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Morning ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• San Diego tourist attraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Chaotic spot - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wildlife park - used 7 times, most recently in 2025

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• Petting zoo sound - BAA, used 10 times

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