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CITE

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 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.

• EXCERPT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CITE

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

• Refer to - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Quote - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• Mention - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Give as an example - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Reference - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Quote as a source - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Allude to - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Give a ticket to - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Commend - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Adduce. - used 20 times, most recently in 1988
• Quote as a reference - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Summon. - used 20 times, most recently in 1980
• Summon to court - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Make mention of - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Give credit to - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Quote as an authority - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticket - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Name - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Name as a source - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Make reference to - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Mention as a source - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Mention in a footnote - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Give a traffic ticket to - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Use as a reference - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Commend, as for bravery - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Give a ticket - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Refer to, as a source - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Give as a reference - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Offer as proof - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Use as a source - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Honorably mention - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Issue a ticket to - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Mention as a reference - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Refer to, as a research paper - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Write up, as a speeder - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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• From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
• From scratch - ANEW, used 138 times
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• From a distance - AFAR, used 117 times

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