Like a designated driver
The crossword clue "Like a designated driver" is answered by SOBER, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOBER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOBER answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOBER
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOBER, most used first.
- Serious - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- On the wagon - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Temperate - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Clearheaded - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Very serious - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Like the designated driver - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Not drunk - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Unlit? - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Clear-headed - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Not intoxicated - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ as a judge - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Off the sauce - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Sedate - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Judgelike? - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Like a teetotaler - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Not even tipsy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sensible - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Staid - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Not lit - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Not pickled - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Serious-minded - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Solemn - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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