Answer a help-wanted ad
The crossword clue "Answer a help-wanted ad" is answered by APPLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
APPLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APPLY answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for APPLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by APPLY, most used first.
- Put on - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Try for a job - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Put to use - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Answer a job listing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Be relevant - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Put on, as makeup - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Without help - ALONE, used 95 times
- Answer - REPLY, used 63 times
- "___ I can help it!" - NOTIF, used 37 times
- Can't help but - HASTO, used 31 times
- Wanted poster word - ALIAS, used 23 times
- Couldn't help but - HADTO, used 20 times
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