Caustic stuff
The crossword clue "Caustic stuff" is answered by LYE, a 3-letter entry. Used 67 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LYE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYE answer page.
Used 67 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LYE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LYE, most used first.
- Caustic solution - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic chemical - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic cleaner - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Soap ingredient - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic substance - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic - used 35 times, most recently in 2001
- Strong cleaner - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic soda - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Drano ingredient - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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