Play matchmaker
The crossword clue "Play matchmaker" is answered by SETUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 4 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FORGEDALLIANCES (1 uses in xd)
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
- Play matchmaker for - 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
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.
- Play part - SCENE, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Pays to play - ANTES, used 71 times
- Play place - STAGE, used 51 times
- Serious play - DRAMA, used 50 times
- Part of a play - SCENE, used 44 times
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