Direct routes
The crossword clue "Direct routes" is answered by BEELINES, a 8-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. 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
BEELINES
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEELINES answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
- In direct confrontation - TOETOTOE, used 22 times
- Shipping routes - SEALANES, used 10 times
- Direct hit - BULLSEYE, used 9 times
- In direct competition - TOETOTOE, used 8 times
- In direct opposition - TOETOTOE, used 8 times
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