___ and effect
The crossword clue "___ and effect" is answered by CAUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAUSE answer page.
Used 11 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CAUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAUSE, most used first.
- Bring about - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Lead to - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Make happen - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Reason - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Something to fight for - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Effect's partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Motive - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Reason enough. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
- Activist's focus - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Activist's passion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Grounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
- Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times
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