Wield, as influence
The crossword clue "Wield, as influence" is answered by EXERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 34 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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EXERT
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Used 34 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXERT, most used first.
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