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CASE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CASE answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 4 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.

• CAN (29 uses in xd)
• BIN (25 uses in xd)
• CRATE (17 uses in xd)
• VAT (17 uses in xd)
• JAR (11 uses in xd)

Other clues for CASE

Every other clue in this collection answered by CASE, most used first.

• Instance - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Detective's assignment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Beer buy - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Lawyer's assignment - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Job for Holmes - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Phone protector - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Wholesale quantity - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Docket item - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Example - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Job for a lawyer - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Four six-packs - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Job for a detective - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Detective's job - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Lawyer's job - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Violin holder - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Beer purchase - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Job for Perry Mason - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Docket entry - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Job for Sherlock - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Situation. - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Bulk buy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mason's job - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Matter of grammar - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Sherlock's assignment - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Violin container - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Check out before a heist - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Guitar holder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Gumshoe's job - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Legal job - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Senator from South Dakota. - used 8 times, most recently in 1956
• 24 cans of beer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Assignment for a lawyer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Beer bash buy - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Big beer buy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Grammatical category - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Pillow covering - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Social worker's assignment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• State of affairs. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• 12 bottles of wine - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bulk beer buy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Glasses holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Job for a gumshoe - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Job for a sleuth - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Job for Poirot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal matter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mason's work - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Word in many Perry Mason titles - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Container weight - TARE, used 66 times
• Egg container - NEST, used 58 times
• Toothpaste container - TUBE, used 54 times
• Lab container - VIAL, used 37 times
• Oil container - DRUM, used 26 times
• Perfume container - VIAL, used 24 times

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