In ___ of (rather than)
The crossword clue "In ___ of (rather than)" is answered by LIEU, a 4-letter entry. Used 69 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIEU
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEU answer page.
Used 69 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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 LIEU
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIEU, most used first.
- Stead - used 445 times, most recently in 2026
- In ___ of - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
- In ___ of (replacing) - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
- "In ___ of flowers ..." - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- "In ___ of gifts . . ." - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- In __ of (instead of) - used 62 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.
- Nothing more than - MERE, used 159 times
- Larger-than-life - EPIC, used 101 times
- More than - OVER, used 86 times
- Other than that - ELSE, used 57 times
- More than half - MOST, used 50 times
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