Green shade

Latest answer — September 23, 2026

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Clue explained

Olive is a greenish color, named for the color of ripe or green olives.

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Definition
Green olives showing the olive color

Thomas Joseph Crossword

This clue's Wednesday, September 23, 2026 appearance

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  15. 21Green shade
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The answer to “Green shade” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is OLIVE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 21-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Green shade” answer

OLIVE (5 letters)

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What does OLIVE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of OLIVE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil
  • the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World
  • a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive

When else has “Green shade” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 23, 2026 (most recent) → OLIVE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Green shade”?

The answer is OLIVE, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Green shade”?

5 letters: OLIVE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 21-Down.

Can “Green shade” have a different answer?

Yes — Thomas Joseph sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Thomas Joseph answers?

The full grid for September 23, 2026 is on the Thomas Joseph answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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