Reasoning
The crossword clue "Reasoning" is answered by LOGIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOGIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOGIC answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 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.
- USINGONESNOODLE (2 uses in xd)
- ARGUMENT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOGIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOGIC, most used first.
- Sound reasoning - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Mr. Spock's forte - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Spock's forte - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
- Reason - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Clear thinking - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Valid reasoning - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Spock specialty - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Aristotle's forte - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Good reasoning - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Derive by reasoning - INFER, used 10 times
- Elicit by reasoning - EDUCE, used 7 times
- Conclude by reasoning - INFER, used 6 times
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