Big name in department stores
The crossword clue "Big name in department stores" is answered by SEARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEARS
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Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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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- JCPENNEY (1 uses in xd)
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