Play backer
The crossword clue "Play backer" is answered by ANGEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANGEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANGEL answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ANGEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANGEL, most used first.
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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.
- Play part - SCENE, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Pays to play - ANTES, used 71 times
- Play place - STAGE, used 51 times
- Serious play - DRAMA, used 50 times
- Part of a play - SCENE, used 44 times
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