Inkling
The crossword clue "Inkling" is answered by CLUE, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CLUE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLUE answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 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.
- GLIMMER (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for CLUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CLUE, most used first.
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- Helpful hint - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Crossword hint - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective's find - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- This is one - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Whodunit hint - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of evidence - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Colonel Mustard's game - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Lead - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective's lead - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Sleuth's find - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Professor Plum's game - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Whodunit game - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Fingerprint, perhaps - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Piece of evidence - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Tip-off - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Crossword feature - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- You're reading one - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective's discovery - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Mrs. Peacock's game - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Mystery board game - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Whodunit board game - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Hint for a detective - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Miss Scarlet's game - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Mr. Boddy's game - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Solving aid - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- You're looking at it - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Board game - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Hint in a whodunit - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Detective's quest - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Game with rooms and weapons - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Popular board game - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- What this is - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- You're reading one now - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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