Clarifying words
The crossword clue "Clarifying words" is answered by ASIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. 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
ASIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASIN answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ASIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASIN, most used first.
- Z ___ zebra - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- A ___ apple - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's ___ to Tell a Lie" - used 39 times, most recently in 2016
- B -- boy - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- A ___ Able - used 26 times, most recently in 1996
- X ___ xylophone - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's ___ to tell . . . " - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Speller's phrase - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Hindu month. - used 15 times, most recently in 1999
- Alphabet book phrase - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- "Q ___ queen" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- M __ "mnemonic" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Clarifying phrase - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Spelling-out phrase - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- B-boy connection - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's ___" (Pet Shop Boys hit) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Pleasure's ___ . . . ": Byron - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Speller's clarification - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Speller's clarifying words - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Speller's words of clarification - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- T __ "Tom" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Words of understanding - ISEE, used 227 times
- ___ many words - INSO, used 153 times
- Analogy words - ISTO, used 134 times
- Not __ many words - INSO, used 86 times
- Treater's words - ONME, used 85 times
- Words of approximation - ORSO, used 84 times
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