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ITALIC

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ITALIC answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 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.

• CAPS (3 uses in xd)
• ITALICS (3 uses in xd)
• ALL (2 uses in xd)
• ERA (2 uses in xd)
• UNDERLINE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ITALIC

Every other clue in this collection answered by ITALIC, most used first.

• Slanted type - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Tilted type - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of type - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
• Type type - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Stressed type - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Leaning to the right - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Slanted - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Right-leaning? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Like slanted type - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Slanted, as type - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Slanted typeface - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Type style - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Slanted to the right - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Elevator alternative - STAIRS, used 57 times
• Paper clip alternative - STAPLE, used 28 times
• Aleve alternative - ANACIN, used 14 times
• S.O.S alternative - BRILLO, used 14 times
• Parmesan alternative - ASIAGO, used 13 times
• Bold - DARING, used 12 times

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