It has its pros and cons
The crossword clue "It has its pros and cons" is answered by DEBATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DEBATE
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEBATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEBATE, most used first.
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