Green sauce
The crossword clue "Green sauce" is answered by PESTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 106 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PESTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PESTO answer page.
Used 106 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 25 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.
- SALSAVERDE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PESTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by PESTO, most used first.
- Basil-based sauce - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Green pasta sauce - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Sauce made with basil - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Basil sauce - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Sauce made with pine nuts - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Garlicky sauce - AIOLI, used 105 times
- Salad green - CRESS, used 83 times
- Shade of green - OLIVE, used 51 times
- Green shade - OLIVE, used 47 times
- Green-lights - OKAYS, used 39 times
- Little green man - ALIEN, used 29 times
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