Mob enforcer

The answer

GOON

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOON answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 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.

• HITMAN (4 uses in xd)
• HIREDGOON (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GOON

Every other clue in this collection answered by GOON, most used first.

• Thug - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Continue - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoodlum - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Hired thug - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "I'm listening" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Hired hoodlum - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• "Please continue" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruffian - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Keep at it - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Tell me more" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Hockey thug - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "You were saying?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Mob scene - RIOT, used 56 times
• Mob boss - CAPO, used 30 times
• Mob action - RIOT, used 25 times
• Does in, mob-style - OFFS, used 21 times
• Mob revolt - RIOT, used 20 times
• IRS enforcer - TMAN, used 13 times

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