Tire in the trunk
The crossword clue "Tire in the trunk" is answered by SPARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 45 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
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SPARE
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Used 45 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPARE
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- Extra tire - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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