A cinch

The answer

EASY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EASY answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

• TOOEASY (2 uses in xd)
• CHILDSPLAY (1 uses in xd)
• DUCKSOUP (1 uses in xd)
• EASYASPIE (1 uses in xd)
• NOSWEAT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EASY

Every other clue in this collection answered by EASY, most used first.

• Simple - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• "Piece of cake!" - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Effortless - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Not difficult - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "No sweat!" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Relaxed - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncomplicated - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "No problem!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• "Nothing to it!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Like pie? - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "Child's play!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• A piece of cake - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ does it" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Calm down!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• "Duck soup!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
• Lenient - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Like falling off a log - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Undemanding - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Unhurried. - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Unchallenging - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Like taking candy from a baby - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Not at all difficult - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• A snap - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Like child's play - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Facile - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Not hard - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Rider" - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• "Careful, now!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't overdo it!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• No problem at all - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• A pushover - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Like a no-brainer - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Untroubled - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Word with chair or street - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• A breeze - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• As pie? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a piece of cake - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Moderate. - used 9 times, most recently in 1976
• Simple to do - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Crossword category - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ listening (radio format) - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "No problemo!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Not challenging - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Not complicated - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Slow down!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Carefree - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Comfortable. - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
• Kind of chair - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Like duck soup - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Not so fast!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Relax" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of chair - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Cushy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Free from worries - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• No trouble at all - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Not a challenge - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Not at all taxing - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• User-friendly - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Word used to calm people down - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Cinch - SNAP, used 108 times
• Lead-pipe cinch - SNAP, used 12 times

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