Plain writing
The crossword clue "Plain writing" is answered by PROSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PROSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROSE answer page.
Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- In plain sight - OVERT, used 31 times
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