Straight man
The crossword clue "Straight man" is answered by FOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOIL answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOIL, most used first.
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- It's a wrap - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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