Alley challenge
The crossword clue "Alley challenge" is answered by SPLIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. 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
SPLIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPLIT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- SEVENTEN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPLIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPLIT, most used first.
- Bowler's challenge - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Divided - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Divide - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Bowler's bane - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Banana __; ice cream treat - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Take off - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Took off - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Break up - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Divvy up - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Skedaddle - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowling challenge - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Divide evenly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Acrobatic maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Banana ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowler's headache - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Share equally - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Go 50-50 on - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Go separate ways - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Bowling alley button - RESET, used 98 times
- "Challenge accepted!" - ITSON, used 37 times
- Bowling alley divisions - LANES, used 32 times
- Tin Pan Alley org. - ASCAP, used 28 times
- Alley button - RESET, used 22 times
- Laundry challenge - STAIN, used 16 times
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