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RIG

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

Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 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.

• DESTINE (11 uses in xd)
• ORDAIN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RIG

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

• Equip - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Fix - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• 18-wheeler - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Outfit - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Tractor-trailer - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Semi - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Fix, as a fight - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Fix, as an election - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
• Fix illegally - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Oil-drilling equipment - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Big __; semi - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Fix, in a way - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Manipulate - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Big truck - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Fix the outcome of - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse and buggy - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Horse and carriage. - used 14 times, most recently in 1992
• Manipulate fraudulently - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Offshore structure - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Fit out - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Oil-drilling structure - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Apparatus - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Big __; 18-wheeler - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Convoy member - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Eighteen-wheeler - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Equipment - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Trucker's truck - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fix in advance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tackle. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Jury-___ (improvise) - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Oil-drilling apparatus - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Predetermine the outcome - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Drilling apparatus - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Fix, as a boxing match - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Highway hauler - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Tamper with - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Drilling equipment - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Offshore apparatus - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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