Ordinary writing
The crossword clue "Ordinary writing" is answered by PROSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PROSE
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Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PROSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROSE, most used first.
- Plain writing - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Ordinary language - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Poetry's counterpart - used 21 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.
- Ordinary - USUAL, used 49 times
- Writing assignment - ESSAY, used 42 times
- Mystery-writing award - EDGAR, used 23 times
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