Leaves the stage
The crossword clue "Leaves the stage" is answered by EXITS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXITS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXITS answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXITS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXITS, most used first.
- Leaves - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Ways out - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Off-ramps - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Departures - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Takes off - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Some doors - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Departs - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Goes out - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Turnpike turnoffs - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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