Obeys the coxswain

The answer

ROWS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROWS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROWS

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

• Tiers - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Uses oars - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Column crossers - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Arguments - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Columns' counterparts - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Spreadsheet lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Spats - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Spreadsheet components - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Squabbles - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiffs - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Propels with oars - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Spreadsheet divisions - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Lines of theater seats - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Seating sections - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Lines. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Propels a dinghy - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Spreadsheet features - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Spreadsheet parts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

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• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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