Tartan
The crossword clue "Tartan" is answered by PLAID, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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PLAID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLAID answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PLAID
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLAID, most used first.
- Kilt pattern - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Tartan pattern - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Flannel shirt pattern - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Flannel pattern - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Crisscross clothing pattern - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Kilt cloth - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Tartan wearers - CLANS, used 9 times
- Tartan trousers. - TREWS, used 8 times
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