Used an old phone
The crossword clue "Used an old phone" is answered by DIALED, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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DIALED
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Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- DIALLED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIALED
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIALED, most used first.
- Used a rotary phone - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Rang up - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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