Play matchmaker for
The crossword clue "Play matchmaker for" is answered by SETUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. 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
SETUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETUP answer page.
Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SETUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETUP, most used first.
- Arrangement - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Frame - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrange - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Establish - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Party prep - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrange, as a blind date - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Frame job - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Organize - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Trap - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Assemble - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Preparation - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Prepare - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Arrange in advance - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Deceptive scheme - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Get ready to play - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Found. - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Play matchmaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play part - SCENE, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
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