Serve
The crossword clue "Serve" is answered by AVAIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AVAIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVAIL answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ATTENDTO (4 uses in xd)
- DOFOR (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for AVAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVAIL, most used first.
- Be of use - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
- Benefit - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Be of use to - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Profit - used 59 times, most recently in 2020
- To no ___ - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Use - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- To no __ (useless) - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- To no ___ (fruitlessly) - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- To no ___ (in vain) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Advantage - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- "... but to no ___" - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Prove useful - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Be of service to - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Serve the purpose - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
- To no ___ (unsuccessfully) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Help - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- To no ___ (without success) - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Be useful to - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Make use of - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Prove beneficial - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Effective use - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Be of help - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Be of help to - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Do the trick - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Be of service - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Efficacy - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- To no ___ (uselessly) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Be of benefit - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Prove useful to - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Be helpful to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- To no ___ (futilely) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Ready to serve - ONTAP, used 17 times
- Ready to serve, as beer - ONTAP, used 11 times
- Ready to serve from a keg - ONTAP, used 8 times
- Ready to serve, as ale - ONTAP, used 7 times
- Serve in the capacity of - ACTAS, used 7 times
- One way to serve ham - ONRYE, used 6 times
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