Declares off-limits
The crossword clue "Declares off-limits" is answered by BANS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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
BANS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BANS answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BANS, most used first.
- Prohibits - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Outlaws - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes illegal - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbids - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Proscribes - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Prohibitions - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Embargoes - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes verboten - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Disallows - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Blackballs - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Excommunicates - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Interdicts - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
- Off in the distance - AFAR, used 130 times
- Ticked off - SORE, used 123 times
- Give off, as light - EMIT, used 122 times
- Ward (off) - FEND, used 113 times
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