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The answer

TOWN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOWN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.

• ISLE (12 uses in xd)
• CITY (9 uses in xd)
• ISLET (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for TOWN

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

• Burg - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Hamlet - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Small city - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamlet's cousin - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Dot on a map - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Municipality - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Village - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Word with ghost or boom - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Chicago, in a song - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Crier's employer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Dot on a state map - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Small municipality - 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.

• Right on the map - EAST, used 140 times
• Surveyor's map - PLAT, used 60 times
• Right on a map - EAST, used 56 times
• Map out - PLAN, used 54 times
• Land map - PLAT, used 45 times
• Left on a map - WEST, used 45 times

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