Beam
The crossword clue "Beam" is answered by SHAFT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHAFT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAFT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SHAFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAFT, most used first.
- Mine passage - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Golf club part - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Mine passageway - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Elevator passage - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Elevator passageway - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Mine section - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrow part - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Part of a golf club - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Vertical passage - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Surgical beam - LASER, used 52 times
- Beam - SMILE, used 35 times
- Powerful beam - LASER, used 28 times
- Kind of beam - LASER, used 26 times
- Intense beam - LASER, used 24 times
- High-tech beam - LASER, used 16 times
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