Read between the lines
The crossword clue "Read between the lines" is answered by INFER, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
INFER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INFER answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 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.
- DRAWCONCLUSIONS (1 uses in xd)
- SEETHROUGH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for INFER
Every other clue in this collection answered by INFER, most used first.
- Deduce - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Surmise - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
- Conclude - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Draw a conclusion - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Gather - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Deduce logically - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Construe - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Derive logically - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Draw conclusions - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Figure out - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Derive by reasoning - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Derive - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Extrapolate - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Reason out - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Conclude by reasoning - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Conclude from evidence - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Get by logic - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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