Tricky business?

The answer

MAGIC

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAGIC answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• MAGICSHOP (1 uses in xd)
• SORCERIES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MAGIC

Every other clue in this collection answered by MAGIC, most used first.

• Wizardry - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Orlando team - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Potter's field - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Sorcery - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Abracadabra stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Enchantment. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Hocus-pocus - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Illusionist's act - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Mozart's flute - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Copperfield's field - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Tricks - 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.

• Mall business - STORE, used 29 times
• Tricky puzzle - POSER, used 22 times
• "It's nobody __ business" - ELSES, used 21 times
• Online business - ETAIL, used 20 times
• Business - TRADE, used 19 times
• Business as ___ - USUAL, used 19 times

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