An informal name for various notably spiny plants Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue An informal name for various notably spiny plants featured in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle on January 4, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 17 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHRISTRSQUOSTHORN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHRISTRSQUOSTHORN An informal name for various notably spiny plants (17) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 4, 2026
3% ASSORTED Various (8) Universal Dec 18, 2025
3% CACTI Spiny plants (5) Commuter Nov 18, 2025
3% IDED Named, informally (4) LA Times Daily Nov 11, 2025
2% ERA Notable period (3) Newsday Dec 31, 2025
2% POLYMATH Intellectual in various fields (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Dec 31, 2025
2% TELLS Is an informant (5) Thomas Joseph Dec 30, 2025
2% URCHIN Sea __ (spiny creature) (6) Commuter Dec 23, 2025
2% SOURCE Informant (6) New York Times Dec 21, 2025
2% APPRISE Inform (7) Thomas Joseph Dec 20, 2025

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