Relieve
The crossword clue "Relieve" is answered by SPELL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1969. 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
SPELL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPELL answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SPELL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPELL, most used first.
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- 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.
- Relieve - ALLAY, used 22 times
- Relieve of weapons - UNARM, used 13 times
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