Trench-making tool
The crossword clue "Trench-making tool" is answered by SPADE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPADE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPADE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPADE, most used first.
- Digging tool - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden tool - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- One in a black suit - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Black card - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Garden shovel - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Bogart role - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Gardener's tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Gardening tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Small shovel - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Earth mover - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Black playing card - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Black suit - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Part of a black suit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Card in a black suit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Digger's tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Hammett hero - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- "The Maltese Falcon" sleuth - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Boring tool - AUGER, used 98 times
- Lawn tool - EDGER, used 78 times
- Turning tool - LATHE, used 40 times
- Carpenter's tool - LEVEL, used 36 times
- Plumber's tool - SNAKE, used 36 times
- Prying tool - LEVER, used 35 times
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