__ lime pie
The crossword clue "__ lime pie" is answered by KEY, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
KEY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEY answer page.
Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KEY
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEY, most used first.
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- Pivotal - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Critical - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Essential - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Important - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Vital - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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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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