Evil intent
The crossword clue "Evil intent" is answered by MALICE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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MALICE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MALICE answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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.
- Evil spirits - DEMONS, used 25 times
- Speak evil of - MALIGN, used 8 times
- Evil spirit (Var.) - DAEMON, used 7 times
- Evil spirits - INCUBI, used 7 times
- " . . . ___ evil" - HEARNO, used 6 times
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