Handle

The answer

ALIAS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIAS answer page.

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SEETO (103 uses in xd)
• NAME (38 uses in xd)
• KNOB (36 uses in xd)
• HAFT (25 uses in xd)
• ANSA (24 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALIAS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALIAS, most used first.

• Assumed name - used 202 times, most recently in 2026
• Pseudonym - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Fake name - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• False name - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• A k a - used 33 times, most recently in 2012
• Pen name - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Nom de plume - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Rap sheet info - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Wanted poster word - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Another name. - used 19 times, most recently in 1999
• Rap sheet name - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Wanted-poster info - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a wanted poster - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Wanted-poster datum - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Alternate identity - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Assumed identity - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Rap sheet item - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Fake handle - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Fictitious name - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Other name - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Also known as - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Alternate name - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• False identity - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Criminal's false name - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• False handle - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Otherwise named. - used 10 times, most recently in 1989
• Wanted poster name - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cover-up name - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Fake identity - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Name after "AKA" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Nom de guerre - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Otherwise. - used 9 times, most recently in 1969
• Rap sheet entry - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Cover - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Cover name - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• John Smith, perhaps - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Name on a rap sheet - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Rap-sheet datum - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Stage name - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• AKA - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "America's Most Wanted" info - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Anonym - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Identity disguiser - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "___ Jimmy Valentine" - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Name on a wanted poster - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Otherwise called. - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Otherwise known as - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Phony name - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Alternate handle - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Identity-concealing name - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• It's assumed - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Jennifer Garner series - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Police blotter entry - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Swindler's name, possibly - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• You may assume it - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Handle - SEETO, used 103 times
• Purse handle - STRAP, used 21 times
• Handle - WIELD, used 17 times
• Handle clumsily - PAWAT, used 16 times
• Tractor handle? - DEERE, used 14 times
• Scythe handle - SNATH, used 13 times

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