Not of the cloth
The crossword clue "Not of the cloth" is answered by LAY, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LAY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAY answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 7 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.
Other clues for LAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAY, most used first.
- Put down - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Set down - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonclerical - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Place down - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- "Now I ___ me down to sleep ... " - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Deposit - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
- Ballad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Place - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ of the land - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Minstrel's song - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Install, as carpeting - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Get the __ of the land - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Place, as a bet - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Install, as a carpet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonprofessional - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- __ it on the line - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Secular - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Install, as tile - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Give, as odds - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Non-clerical - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Produce, as an egg - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Song - used 9 times, most recently in 1998
- Frito-__ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonexpert - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Not clerical - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Not ordained - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Offer, as odds - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Short poem. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Wager - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Install, as carpet - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Not in the clergy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "Now I ___ me . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- "Now I __ me down..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Place, as bricks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Deposit, as an egg - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- __ down the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hens do it - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Install, as tiles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Make eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Produce, as eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Reclined - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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 past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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