Explanatory tool
The crossword clue "Explanatory tool" is answered by ANALOGY, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANALOGY
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANALOGY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ANALOGY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANALOGY, most used first.
- Comparison - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
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.
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- Kitchen tool - SPATULA, used 7 times
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