Take down a ___ (humble)
The crossword clue "Take down a ___ (humble)" is answered by PEG, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PEG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEG answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PEG
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEG, most used first.
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- Identify - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
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- Cribbage marker - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage scorer - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Dowel - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Nickname for Margaret - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Throw - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Square ___ in a round hole - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Violin part - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Hard throw, in baseball - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Place to hang a hat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Place to hang your hat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Violin tuner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage scorekeeper - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tent stake - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage need - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Mastermind piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Cello tuner - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage board insert - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Golf tee, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Margaret's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Tent anchor - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "___ o' My Heart" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Take to court - SUE, used 466 times
- Take advantage of - USE, used 339 times
- Chow down - EAT, used 257 times
- Chowed down - ATE, used 231 times
- Down in the dumps - SAD, used 198 times
- Plopped down - SAT, used 194 times
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