Hand's breadth
The crossword clue "Hand's breadth" is answered by SPAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPAN answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPAN, most used first.
- Bridge - used 254 times, most recently in 2026
- Reach across - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretch across - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Extend across - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Nine inches - used 57 times, most recently in 2018
- Go across - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Go over - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Cross - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretch of time - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Wing measurement - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge distance - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Time period - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge measurement - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge length - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Period of time - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Reach across, as a bridge - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Attention ___ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge section - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- Duration - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stretch over - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Extend over - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Full extent - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Traverse - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
- Airplane wing measure - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Reach over - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Bridge measure - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- C-___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cross over - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Pair of horses - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
- Straddle - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Team of oxen - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Distance between wingtips - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Length - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Length of time - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Wingspread - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Breadth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Distance between pillars - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Farm team - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Range - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Reach - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Spread - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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