Shore-leave taker
The crossword clue "Shore-leave taker" is answered by SAILOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SAILOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAILOR answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SAILOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAILOR, most used first.
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- Salt - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Mariner - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Crew member - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Hand on deck - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Popeye, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Popeye, for one - used 7 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.
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Leave - DEPART, used 44 times
- Exam taker - TESTEE, used 43 times
- Leave the country? - SECEDE, used 33 times
- Shore bird - AVOCET, used 19 times
- Leave the union - SECEDE, used 17 times
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