Motor need
The crossword clue "Motor need" is answered by OIL, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OIL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OIL answer page.
Used 27 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by OIL, most used first.
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