Witch-hunt town
The crossword clue "Witch-hunt town" is answered by SALEM, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SALEM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SALEM answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SALEM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SALEM, most used first.
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- Capital of Ore. - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
- Capital of the Beaver State - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
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- Hawthorne's hometown - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Northwestern capital - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Crucible" locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
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- Long Island town - ISLIP, used 47 times
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