Acquired family member
The crossword clue "Acquired family member" is answered by INLAW, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1976. 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
INLAW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INLAW answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1976. 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.
- MOTHERINLAW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for INLAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by INLAW, most used first.
- Relative by marriage - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Acquired relative - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Relative. - used 18 times, most recently in 2001
- Acquired kin - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Family member. - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Marriage acquisition - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Spouse's kin - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Acquired relation - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Holiday visitor - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Kin by marriage - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Merger acquisition? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Relative via marriage - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Wedding day acquisition - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Family Feud" teammate, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Spouse's relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Spouse's sibling - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Wedding acquisition - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Eloper's acquisition - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Non-blood relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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