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The answer

SOLVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOLVE answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 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.

• READ (10 uses in xd)
• DECODE (3 uses in xd)
• MAKEOUT (2 uses in xd)
• UNRAVEL (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOLVE

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

• Figure out - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Puzzle out - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Work out - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Unravel - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Crack - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Get to the bottom of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Find the answer to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Complete, as a crossword - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Do what you're doing - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Unravel, as a mystery - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Do a puzzle - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Work through - 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.

• Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
• Cubic meter - STERE, used 273 times
• Frighten - SCARE, used 195 times
• Trap - SNARE, used 192 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Place - STEAD, used 187 times

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