In theory
The crossword clue "In theory" is answered by IDEALLY, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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IDEALLY
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEALLY answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1963. 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 IDEALLY
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- In a perfect world - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfectly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
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- In theory - ONPAPER, used 26 times
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