Less strict
The crossword clue "Less strict" is answered by LAXER, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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LAXER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAXER answer page.
Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LAXER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAXER, most used first.
- Not as strict - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- More lenient - used 7 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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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