Lifting apparatus
The crossword clue "Lifting apparatus" is answered by HOIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOIST answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HOIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOIST, most used first.
- Lift - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Lift up - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise, as a flag - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Elevate - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Lift with effort - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Raise up - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Lifting device - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Raise with a crane - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Send up a flagpole - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Gymnastics apparatus - HORSE, used 15 times
- Tests by lifting - HEFTS, used 13 times
- Lifting device - CRANE, used 12 times
- Lifting machine - CRANE, used 10 times
- Playground apparatus - SLIDE, used 9 times
- Diving apparatus - SCUBA, used 7 times
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