Things to crack
The crossword clue "Things to crack" is answered by CODES, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CODES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CODES answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CODES
Every other clue in this collection answered by CODES, most used first.
- Secret writings - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Does some programming - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Encryptions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Secret messages - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Ciphers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Programs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- They may be cracked - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Things - ITEMS, used 53 times
- Square things - ATONE, used 47 times
- Signs of things to come - OMENS, used 46 times
- Saw things? - TEETH, used 42 times
- Make things right - ATONE, used 36 times
- "-- Foolish Things" - THESE, used 33 times
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