Under the surface
The crossword clue "Under the surface" is answered by LATENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LATENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATENT answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LATENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATENT, most used first.
- Dormant - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Hidden - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Potential - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
- Like some fingerprints - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Quiescent - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Undeveloped - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
- Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
- On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
- On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
- Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
- City on the Rio Grande - LAREDO, used 64 times
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