News item
The crossword clue "News item" is answered by OBIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OBIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBIT answer page.
Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 4 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.
- ARTICLE (2 uses in xd)
- BULLETIN (2 uses in xd)
- APDISPATCH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OBIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by OBIT, most used first.
- Final notice - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Newspaper notice - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Passing notice - used 37 times, most recently in 2022
- Last write-up - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Last writes? - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Tackle box item - LURE, used 93 times
- To-do list item - TASK, used 65 times
- Soviet news agency - TASS, used 63 times
- Budget item - RENT, used 58 times
- News bit - ITEM, used 55 times
- Bit of news - ITEM, used 52 times
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