Takes a powder
The crossword clue "Takes a powder" is answered by LAMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LAMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMS, most used first.
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- Escapes - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Beats it - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Takes off - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Skedaddles - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Flees - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Hasty escapes - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Fugitive flights - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
Related clues
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- Bath powder - TALC, used 98 times
- After-bath powder - TALC, used 72 times
- Takes home - NETS, used 58 times
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