Down East
The crossword clue "Down East" is answered by MAINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MAINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAINE answer page.
Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MAINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAINE, most used first.
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- The Pine Tree State - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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