Authorized stand-in
The crossword clue "Authorized stand-in" is answered by PROXY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PROXY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROXY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PROXY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROXY, most used first.
- Stand-in - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Substitute - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Official substitute - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Agent - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Authorized substitute - 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.
- Artist's stand - EASEL, used 134 times
- Stand up - ARISE, used 88 times
- Painter's stand - EASEL, used 76 times
- Crockett's last stand - ALAMO, used 59 times
- Studio stand - EASEL, used 59 times
- Couldn't stand - HATED, used 50 times
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