(In) place (of)
The crossword clue "(In) place (of)" is answered by LIEU, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIEU
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEU answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Place - used 197 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 (rather than) - used 69 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
- In __ of; as a substitute for - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- In ___ of (as a replacement for) - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- In ___ of (substituting for) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Place or stead - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Substitution word - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- California congressman Ted - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- In ___ of (instead) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- In ___ of (supplanting) - 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.
- First place - EDEN, used 215 times
- Patella's place - KNEE, used 146 times
- Perfect place - EDEN, used 125 times
- In this place - HERE, used 118 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
- Idyllic place - EDEN, used 79 times
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