Central
The crossword clue "Central" is answered by FOCAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOCAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOCAL answer page.
Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 8 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.
- INNERMOST (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for FOCAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOCAL, most used first.
- ___ point (center of attention) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of point - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ point - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- The "f" in f-stop - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Centrally located - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Central Florida city - OCALA, used 100 times
- Central - INNER, used 50 times
- Central idea - THEME, used 30 times
- Central part - MIDST, used 27 times
- Central New York city - UTICA, used 23 times
- Central position - MIDST, used 18 times
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