Tall and thin
The crossword clue "Tall and thin" is answered by LANKY, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 10 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 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 10 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.
- SPINDLY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LANKY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LANKY, most used first.
- Gangling - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
- Long and lean - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tall and lean - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Thin pancake - CREPE, used 91 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
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