Reaches across
The crossword clue "Reaches across" is answered by SPANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 48 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SPANS
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Used 48 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPANS, most used first.
- Bridges - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
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