"Crime ___ pay"
The crossword clue ""Crime ___ pay"" is answered by DOESNT, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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DOESNT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOESNT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DOESNT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOESNT, most used first.
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- "Alice __ Live Here Anymore" - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Neglects to - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Pay attention - LISTEN, used 37 times
- Pay no attention to - IGNORE, used 37 times
- One way to pay - INCASH, used 30 times
- Pay back - AVENGE, used 29 times
- Pay - SALARY, used 24 times
- Joan of Arc's crime - HERESY, used 23 times
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