Use crib notes
The crossword clue "Use crib notes" is answered by CHEAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. 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
CHEAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEAT answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CHEAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHEAT, most used first.
- Swindle - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Break the rules - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Swindler - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Defraud - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Flout the rules - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hornswoggle - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Bamboozle - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Don't play fair - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Use a crib sheet - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Flimflam - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Be of use - AVAIL, used 176 times
- Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
- Be of use to - AVAIL, used 79 times
- Use - AVAIL, used 55 times
- Office notes - MEMOS, used 51 times
- Use a broom - SWEEP, used 46 times
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