Takes off
The crossword clue "Takes off" is answered by DEPARTS, a 7-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEPARTS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEPARTS answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEPARTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEPARTS, most used first.
- Leaves - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Hits the road - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Cut off - ISOLATE, used 30 times
- Tipped off - ALERTED, used 25 times
- Takes into custody - ARRESTS, used 24 times
- Takes for granted - ASSUMES, used 22 times
- Gave off - EMITTED, used 21 times
- Warded off - AVERTED, used 21 times
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