Dead end
The crossword clue "Dead end" is answered by CULDESAC, a 8-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. 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
CULDESAC
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CULDESAC answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. 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 CULDESAC
Every other clue in this collection answered by CULDESAC, most used first.
- Blind alley - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Dead-end street - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- End of the line - LASTSTOP, used 12 times
- In the end - AFTERALL, used 7 times
- Symbolic end of summer - LABORDAY, used 7 times
- Time without end - ETERNITY, used 7 times
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