Chicago area
The crossword clue "Chicago area" is answered by LOOP, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOOP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOOP answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 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.
- THELOOP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOOP, most used first.
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- Aerobatic maneuver - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Air show stunt - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Stunt pilot's maneuver - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Aerial maneuver - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Aerial stunt - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Circuit - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Air show maneuver - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Chicago district, with "the" - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Closed circuit - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Flying stunt - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Stunt plane maneuver - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Circle - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Fingerprint feature - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Noose - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Feature of a tied shoelace - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Aerobatics feat - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Airshow stunt - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Downtown Chicago - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
- In the ___ (informed) - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Belt holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Bow part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a bow - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Plane maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Cloverleaf feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Enwreathe - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Skating maneuver - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Trousers' belt holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Church area - APSE, used 216 times
- Campus area - QUAD, used 93 times
- Church area - NAVE, used 83 times
- Richard of "Chicago" - GERE, used 74 times
- Low-lying area - VALE, used 54 times
- Cathedral area - APSE, used 50 times
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