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The answer

SOLE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOLE answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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.

• OWNER (81 uses in xd)
• OPERATOR (1 uses in xd)
• STOREOWNER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOLE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SOLE, most used first.

• Only - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
• One and only - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe bottom - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclusive - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Flatfish - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
• Boot bottom - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Food fish - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Lone - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe part - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Foot part - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom of a shoe - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Fish. - used 34 times, most recently in 2002
• Fish dish - used 28 times, most recently in 2017
• Unique - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Filet fish - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Foot bottom - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Dover ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Single - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Pump part - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Bottom of a boot - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dover fish - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Flat fish - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a shoe - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Step on it! - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of the foot - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Unrivaled - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Dover delicacy - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• "O __ Mio" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Seafood serving - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Unmatched - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom of the foot - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cobbler's concern - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Filleted fish - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Dover specialty - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Footprint maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Lemon ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Sneaker bottom - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Dover export - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• It's always underfoot - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Dover dish - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Fish entree - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Seafood choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Seafood selection - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Shoe's bottom - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Dover flatfish - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Fish served "amandine" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Footprint part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• It's under a foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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