Puzzle within a puzzle
The crossword clue "Puzzle within a puzzle" is answered by META, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
META
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the META answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for META
Every other clue in this collection answered by META, most used first.
- Self-referential - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Intro to physics? - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix with physical - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix with physics - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Prefix for physics - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Transcending (Pref.) - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Introduction to physics? - used 24 times, most recently in 2015
- "I ___ man with seven wives" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- "Simple Simon __ pieman . . ." - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- It means "beyond" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Self-referential, in modern lingo - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Self-referential, informally - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- After: Prefix. - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
- Beyond: Prefix. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "I never -- man I didn't like" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- "I ___ man with . . . " - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Prefix meaning "beyond" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Physical starter - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prefix for physical - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Prefix with carpal - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Prefix with tarsal - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Physical prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Trendily self-referential - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Within: Prefix - ENTO, used 121 times
- Within reach - NEAR, used 89 times
- Within: Prefix - ENDO, used 86 times
- Within: Comb. form - ENTO, used 76 times
- Within: Comb. form - ENDO, used 50 times
- Within earshot - NEAR, used 49 times
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