Used a spade
The crossword clue "Used a spade" is answered by DUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUG answer page.
Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 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.
- SHOVELED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUG, most used first.
- Used a shovel - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Excavated - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Burrowed - used 23 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.
- Used to be - WAS, used 392 times
- Used a chair - SAT, used 90 times
- Used up - ATE, used 41 times
- Used to own - HAD, used 37 times
- Sleuth Spade - SAM, used 36 times
- Use a spade - DIG, used 33 times
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