Loafer
The crossword clue "Loafer" is answered by DRONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRONE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 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.
- DEADBEAT (4 uses in xd)
- GOLDBRICK (2 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by DRONE, most used first.
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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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