"For want of ___ . . . "
The crossword clue ""For want of ___ . . . "" is answered by ASHOE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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ASHOE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASHOE answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ASHOE
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- "... who lived in ___" - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
- "There was an old woman who lived in ___..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- "...woman who lived in ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "... old woman who lived in ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- "For want of ___ the horse was lost" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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