Bit of witchcraft

The answer

SPELL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPELL answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• HEX (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPELL

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPELL, most used first.

• Compete in a bee - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in a bee - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Incantation - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Period of time - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Hex - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Participate in a bee - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Relieve - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Enchantment. - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Brief period - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Witch's incantation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Witch's work - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Wizard's incantation - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Magic incantation - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Short period - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
• Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
• Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
• Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
• Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times
• Bit of high jinks - ANTIC, used 34 times

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