Handed-down tales
The crossword clue "Handed-down tales" is answered by LORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LORE answer page.
Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LORE, most used first.
- Knowledge - used 112 times, most recently in 2023
- Traditional knowledge - used 111 times, most recently in 2025
- Traditional tales - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Folk wisdom - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Folk tales - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Folk history - used 33 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.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- Stepped down - ALIT, used 108 times
- Touch down - LAND, used 106 times
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