Alley cat, e.g.
The crossword clue "Alley cat, e.g." is answered by STRAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAY answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STRAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRAY, most used first.
- Wander off - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Wander - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Alley cat - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Digress - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Go off course - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Wander off course - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Get sidetracked - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Wander away - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Leave the path - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Maverick - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Wander off the path - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Deviate - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Go off the path - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Go off the trail - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Homeless animal - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Lost dog. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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- Alice's cat - DINAH, used 35 times
- Bowling alley divisions - LANES, used 32 times
- Tin Pan Alley org. - ASCAP, used 28 times
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