Runs across
The crossword clue "Runs across" is answered by SPANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. 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
SPANS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPANS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SPANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPANS, most used first.
- Bridges - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Reaches across - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Extends across - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretches across - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Stretches over - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes across - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes over - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Extends over - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Bridge sections - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Crosses over - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Reaches over - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Crosses - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Runs in neutral - IDLES, used 72 times
- Dry runs - TESTS, used 28 times
- Runs into - MEETS, used 28 times
- Runs away - FLEES, used 27 times
- Comes across as - SEEMS, used 24 times
- Runs easily - LOPES, used 23 times
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