Reporter's source
The crossword clue "Reporter's source" is answered by LEAK, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. 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
LEAK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAK answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEAK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAK, most used first.
- Plumbing problem - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Faucet problem - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Security breach - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Security problem - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
- Pipe problem - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Hose problem - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Roof problem - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Security concern - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Plumber's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Plumbing woe - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Job for a plumber - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Air mattress problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Breach of secrecy - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- News source? - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Secrecy breach - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Security issue - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tap trouble - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Unauthorized disclosure - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Cause of a dripping pipe - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Faucet drip - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Poi source - TARO, used 178 times
- Roe source - SHAD, used 132 times
- Sugar source - CANE, used 126 times
- Sugar source - BEET, used 100 times
- Fiber source - BRAN, used 84 times
- Source - ROOT, used 81 times
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