Work at, as a trade
The crossword clue "Work at, as a trade" is answered by PLY, a 3-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PLY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLY answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLY, most used first.
- Layer - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- Thickness - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Tissue layer - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Toilet paper layer - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Paper towel layer - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Practice, as a trade - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Work at - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Two-__ paper towels - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Tissue thickness - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Practice - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Carry on, as a trade - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Tire reinforcement - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Carry on - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tissue box word - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Charmin layer - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Paper towel thickness - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Use diligently - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Work hard at - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Employ busily - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Two-___ tissue - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Layer of toilet paper - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Paper towel measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
- Unit of work - ERG, used 196 times
- Put to work - USE, used 148 times
- Work with - USE, used 117 times
- Bit of work - ERG, used 97 times
- British ref. work - OED, used 92 times
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