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Smokes, for short

Answer: CIGS - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Smokes, for short" is answered by CIGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

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CIGS

CIGS

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

10Times used
7Distinct years
2019Most recent year
5Publications

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CIGS

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  • Smokes - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
  • Butts - used 9 times, most recently in 2020

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