Answer: STERILE
STERILE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 44 times.
Referring Clues:
- Lacking originality
 - Like a mule
 - Unyielding
 - Unproductive
 - Germ-free
 - Germless
 - Barren
 - Unfruitful
 - Not being productive
 - Fruitless
 - More than just clean
 - Like a mule, usually
 - Like operating rooms
 - Hospital-clean
 - Free from bacteria
 - Clinically clean
 - Germfree
 - Fit to be used in an operating room
 - Without germs
 - Free of germs
 - Like most mules
 - Like surgical tools
 - Like the OR
 - Like a scalpel
 - Antiseptic
 - Fresh from the autoclave
 - Aseptic
 - "The ___ Cuckoo" (1969 Liza Minnelli film)
 - Disinfected
 - Clean and then some
 - Producing zip
 - Unimaginative
 - Like good operating rooms
 - Free from germs
 - Like sealed medical supplies
 - Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies
 - Disinfected, like surgical tools
 - How a bandage should be
 - Unevocative of emotion
 - Superclean, as surgical tools
 - Prepared for surgery, in a way
 - Beyond clean
 - Lifelessly dull
 - Bacteria-free
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
 - New York Times - November 08, 2024
 - New York Times - June 14, 2022
 - Netword - April 21, 2021
 - New York Times - March 18, 2021
 - LA Times - December 27, 2020
 - LA Times - September 20, 2020
 - LA Times - September 13, 2020
 - Universal - March 03, 2020
 - Netword - February 08, 2020
 - Universal - January 21, 2020
 - Universal - October 26, 2019
 - Netword - August 23, 2019
 - Universal - September 17, 2018
 - Netword - June 17, 2018
 - Netword - March 13, 2018
 - Netword - February 26, 2018
 - USA Today - February 09, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 09, 2017
 - LA Times - September 18, 2017
 
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