Jackknife, e.g.
The crossword clue "Jackknife, e.g." is answered by DIVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIVE answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1978. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SPRINGBOARDDIVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIVE, most used first.
- Seedy bar - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Seedy joint - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Plunge - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Jackknife, for one - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Headfirst plunge - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Plunge into a pool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Jackknife. - used 11 times, most recently in 1969
- Gainer. - used 10 times, most recently in 1972
- Jump into a pool - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Go off the deep end? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Joint - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Swan, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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