Long and lean
The crossword clue "Long and lean" is answered by LANKY, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LANKY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LANKY answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LANKY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LANKY, most used first.
- Tall and thin - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Gangling - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
- Tall and lean - 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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
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