Contends
The crossword clue "Contends" is answered by STRIVES, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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STRIVES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRIVES answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1943. 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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