Simply must
The crossword clue "Simply must" is answered by HASTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HASTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HASTO answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. 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.
- CANTNOT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HASTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by HASTO, most used first.
- Must - used 200 times, most recently in 2026
- Can't help but - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Is compelled - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Can't not - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Lacks other options - used 6 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.
- Must-haves - NEEDS, used 63 times
- Must have - NEEDS, used 56 times
- Must, informally - GOTTA, used 46 times
- Must, slangily - GOTTA, used 24 times
- "You Must Love Me" musical - EVITA, used 14 times
- You must remember this - ALAMO, used 12 times
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