Took a powder
The crossword clue "Took a powder" is answered by LEFT, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEFT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEFT answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1994. 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.
- LAMMED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEFT, most used first.
- Departed - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Took off - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Remaining - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Went away - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Headed out - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Hit the road - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Exited - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Flew the coop - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Not right - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Split - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- It's not right - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- It's just not right - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Liberals, with "the" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Portside - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Opposite of right - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Skedaddled - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxing blow. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Didn't stick around - 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.
- Took to court - SUED, used 187 times
- Body powder - TALC, used 131 times
- Bath powder - TALC, used 98 times
- Took advantage of - USED, used 81 times
- Took the bus - RODE, used 81 times
- After-bath powder - TALC, used 72 times
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