Calls it a career
The crossword clue "Calls it a career" is answered by RETIRES, a 7-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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RETIRES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RETIRES answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RETIRES
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