The dark side
The crossword clue "The dark side" is answered by EVIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EVIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVIL answer page.
Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for EVIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by EVIL, most used first.
- Wicked - used 397 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad to the bone - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Satanic - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Diabolical - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Villainous - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Malevolent - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinister - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Nefarious - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Satan's forte - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Wickedness - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Pernicious - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Dastardly - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Malefic - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- Demonic - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Fiendish - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- It's not good - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Malicious - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Mean business - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten to the core - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Good opponent - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinful - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Corrupt - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- Depraved - used 23 times, most recently in 2009
- Good fighter - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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