In use
The crossword clue "In use" is answered by BUSY, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1981. 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
BUSY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUSY answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1981. 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.
- OCCUPIED (1 uses in xd)
- OPERATIONAL (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BUSY
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUSY, most used first.
- Occupied - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tied up - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Active - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Hard at work - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Not free - used 8 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.
- Use a swizzle stick - STIR, used 114 times
- Use a keyboard - TYPE, used 113 times
- Use scissors - SNIP, used 81 times
- Not in use - IDLE, used 50 times
- Use a letter opener - SLIT, used 32 times
- Use a stopwatch - TIME, used 29 times
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