Coral reef producer Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Monday, January 9, 2023 · 52-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, January 9, 2023.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · January 9, 2023 · 52-Down · 5 letters
POLYP0 of 5 letters revealed
Need a nudge?
Need more?
What does this clue mean?
one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
noun
WordNet® (Princeton University)
Other clues with the same answer
View all clues with this answer- Individual coral organism
New York Times · Tuesday, August 6, 2024 · 5 letters
- Coral component
New York Times · Wednesday, February 17, 2021 · 5 letters
- Coral producer
New York Times · Tuesday, August 13, 2013 · 5 letters
- Target of minor surgery
New York Times · Sunday, February 3, 2013 · 5 letters
- Hydra, for one
New York Times · Sunday, January 29, 2006 · 5 letters
- Surgery target
New York Times · Sunday, November 27, 2005 · 5 letters
- Growth
New York Times · Sunday, July 8, 2001 · 5 letters
- Hydra, e.g.
New York Times · Saturday, January 16, 1999 · 5 letters
- Nodule
New York Times · Sunday, March 30, 1997 · 5 letters
More clues from this crossword
- 47-Down Ken who wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- 48-Down Hot drink with marshmallows
- 49-Down Word before space or limits
- 50-Across Catch forty winks
- 51-Down Coral islet chain
- 53-Across Changes, as a hemline
- 54-Across 22-Across, in French
- 55-Across Regarding
- 55-Down "Highway to Hell" rock group … or a hint to electrical switches found in 16-, 23-, 36-, 44- and 57-Across
- 56-Across Latin for "in itself"
- 57-Across Behaved in a laid-back way
- 57-Down Gorilla, e.g.