Word before "circle" or "tube"
The crossword clue "Word before "circle" or "tube"" is answered by INNER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
INNER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INNER answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for INNER
Every other clue in this collection answered by INNER, most used first.
- ___ sanctum - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Central - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ tube - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of tube - used 30 times, most recently in 2009
- Private - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ circle - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Deep-seated - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Deeply felt - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Secret - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
- Kind of circle - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Baltimore's ___ Harbor - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Near the center - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Word with city or circle - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- __ Hebrides - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Hidden - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Word before city or circle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ peace - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "The ___ Sanctum" - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Toward the center - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of tube - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Kind of circle or tube - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Not obvious - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Personal - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiritual - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Word before tube or circle - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Essential - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- More secret - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
- Not external - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Word with city or workings - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Word with ear or peace - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Word with ear or tube - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not superficial - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Type of circle - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Word before "child" or "circle" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Word before "peace" or "child" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with city or tube - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Like some monologues - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Private, as thoughts - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Word before "ear" or "tube" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with circle or tube - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Word with tube or circle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
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- Letter before iota - THETA, used 79 times
- Electron tube - DIODE, used 60 times
- Before - UNTIL, used 59 times
- First Lady before Michelle - LAURA, used 58 times
- Commandment word - SHALT, used 49 times
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