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The answer

RAN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAN answer page.

Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ISSUED (12 uses in xd)
• OUT (7 uses in xd)
• AIRED (3 uses in xd)
• INPRINT (3 uses in xd)
• GOTOUT (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by RAN, most used first.

• Operated - used 202 times, most recently in 2026
• Sprinted - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Sought office - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Campaigned - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Managed - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Scooted - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Took off - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Fled - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Hightailed it - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Sought a seat - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Galloped - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Skedaddled - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Competed in a marathon - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Dashed - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Was in charge of - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Bolted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Jogged - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Bled - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Flowed - used 29 times, most recently in 2016
• Wasn't colorfast - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Bled in the wash - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Was published - used 22 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.

• Fish eggs - ROE, used 648 times
• Regret - RUE, used 607 times
• "Norma ___" - RAE, used 480 times
• Go bad - ROT, used 373 times
• Tear - RIP, used 317 times
• Caviar - ROE, used 314 times

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