Free
The crossword clue "Free" is answered by RID, a 3-letter entry. Used 89 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RID
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RID answer page.
Used 89 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for RID
Every other clue in this collection answered by RID, most used first.
- Free (of) - used 266 times, most recently in 2026
- Disencumber - used 228 times, most recently in 2026
- Purge - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Clear (of) - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ___ of (discard) - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Clear - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Unburden - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Relieve - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ___ of (throw out) - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Relieve (of) - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Get __ of; shed - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Abolish - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Relieved (of) - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Divest - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ___ of - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cleanse (of) - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- __ of; free from - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Purge (of) - 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.
- "___ the land of the free ..." - OER, used 123 times
- It's not free of charge - ION, used 48 times
- It's a free country - USA, used 33 times
- Free throw score - ONE, used 25 times
- "Butterflies ___ Free" - ARE, used 23 times
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