Hamster’s kin

The answer to “Hamster’s kin” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is GERBIL — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on August 11, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 27-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.

“Hamster’s kin” answer

GERBIL (6 letters)

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What does GERBIL mean?

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

When else has “Hamster’s kin” 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.

August 11, 2026 (most recent) → GERBIL. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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