Like the designated driver
The crossword clue "Like the designated driver" is answered by SOBER, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SOBER
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Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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
- Like a designated driver - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Very serious - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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