Lock unlocker
The crossword clue "Lock unlocker" is answered by KEY, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KEY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEY answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 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.
- Crucial - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Lock opener - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Door opener - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- __ lime pie - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Anthem author - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- E or G, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- One of 88 on a piano - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Piano part - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Very important - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Indispensable - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Answer sheet - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Opener - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- ___ Largo - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Critically important - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lock's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Most important - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tab, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Lock insert - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Low island - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Piano piece? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Teacher's answer sheet - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- __ West, FL - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- F or G, but not H - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Solution - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Thing on a ring - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Vitally important - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ West. - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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.
- Key above Caps Lock - TAB, used 46 times
- Caps Lock neighbor - TAB, used 38 times
- It fits in a lock - OAR, used 23 times
- Key near caps lock - TAB, used 13 times
- Lock, stock and barrel - ALL, used 13 times
- Lock insert - OAR, used 12 times
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