Matador's need
The crossword clue "Matador's need" is answered by CAPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAPE answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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