Lifting device
The crossword clue "Lifting device" is answered by HOIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. 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
HOIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOIST answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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 apparatus - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Raise with a crane - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Send up a flagpole - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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- Weighing device - SCALE, used 46 times
- Measuring device - GAUGE, used 40 times
- Literary device - IRONY, used 37 times
- Doppler device - RADAR, used 31 times
- Detection device - SONAR, used 29 times
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