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The answer

DESK

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESK answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DESK

Every other clue in this collection answered by DESK, most used first.

• Cubicle fixture - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Office furniture - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Escritoire - used 39 times, most recently in 2009
• Work station - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Secretary - used 30 times, most recently in 2002
• Classroom furniture - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of office furniture - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Writing table - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Cubicle furnishing - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Cubicle furniture - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lectern. - used 16 times, most recently in 2000
• Pupil's place - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Office fixture - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Secretary, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Type of job - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Newspaper department - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Editor's spot - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Office piece - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Pigeonhole's place - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Roll-top - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Rolltop. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• Dilbert's workplace - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Piece of furniture. - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Place to work - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Anchor's place - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Carrel furniture - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Classroom fixture - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Newsroom fixture - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Office staple - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Schoolroom furniture - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Office necessity - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Secretarial position - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Work place - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Workstation - used 6 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.

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• "You said it!" - AMEN, used 257 times
• Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
• Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
• "Would ___ to you?" - ILIE, used 135 times
• Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times

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