Strike zone?
The crossword clue "Strike zone?" is answered by ALLEY, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLEY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLEY answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 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.
- BOWLINGALLEY (4 uses in xd)
- METEORCRATER (1 uses in xd)
- PICKETLINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALLEY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLEY, most used first.
- Back street - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowling venue - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowling lane - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Backstreet - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Narrow street - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Actress Kirstie - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Bowler's hangout - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowling site - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a tennis court - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Kind of cat - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Tin Pan ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Where you can hear pins drop - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cat's hangout - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Place to bowl - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Strike site - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Back way - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Common trash can site - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Place for pins - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Strike setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Strike down - SMITE, used 45 times
- Strike - SMITE, used 25 times
- "The Hot Zone" virus - EBOLA, used 21 times
- Strike out - ERASE, used 19 times
- Strike caller - UNION, used 18 times
- Combat zone - ARENA, used 17 times
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