Uses as a reference
The crossword clue "Uses as a reference" is answered by CITES, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CITES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CITES answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CITES
Every other clue in this collection answered by CITES, most used first.
- Refers to - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Quotes - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Mentions - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes reference to - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives as an example - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Credits as a source - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- References - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Alludes to - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Names as a source - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Commends - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Tickets - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Uses a keyboard - TYPES, used 39 times
- Uses a swizzle stick - STIRS, used 35 times
- Uses a crowbar - PRIES, used 19 times
- Reference book - ATLAS, used 18 times
- Uses a sieve - SIFTS, used 16 times
- Uses a stopwatch - TIMES, used 15 times
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