Secretaries

The answer

DESKS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESKS answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• AMANUENSES (1 uses in xd)
• STENOS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DESKS

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

• Classroom furniture - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Office furniture - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Classroom array - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Office fixtures - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Classroom fixtures - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Newsroom fixtures - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Office sights - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Office stations - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Work stations - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Newsroom array - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Escritoire and roll-top - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Escritoires - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Cubicle fixtures - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• School furniture - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• ___ Lama - DALAI, used 250 times
• Discourage - DETER, used 219 times
• "Same here" - DITTO, used 137 times
• Because of - DUETO, used 135 times
• Jeans material - DENIM, used 135 times
• Thick - DENSE, used 120 times

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