Substitute
The crossword clue "Substitute" is answered by PROXY, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 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 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Authorized stand-in - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Chocolate substitute - CAROB, used 141 times
- Money substitute - SCRIP, used 31 times
- Soap substitute - AMOLE, used 31 times
- Silk substitute - RAYON, used 15 times
- Substitute for - ACTAS, used 13 times
- Fat substitute brand - OLEAN, used 10 times
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