Cafeteria need
The crossword clue "Cafeteria need" is answered by TRAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRAY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TRAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRAY, most used first.
- Salver - used 78 times, most recently in 2018
- Cafeteria carrier - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Cafeteria item - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Highchair feature - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Serving aid - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Waiter's burden - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
- Waiter's aid - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Breakfast-in-bed need - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Waiter's item - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Airline passenger's table - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Cafeteria food holder - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Serving platter - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Cafeteria convenience - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Carhop's load - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Tea carrier - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Server - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Waiter's tote - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Cafeteria plate holder - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Lazy Susan - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- Buffet meal carrier - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Breakfast-in-bed item - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Buffet aid - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Dog in "King Lear." - used 7 times, most recently in 1960
- Highchair part - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Highchair surface - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Item in a cafeteria stack - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Lazy Susan, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Printer part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Waiting aid - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Pressing need - IRON, used 116 times
- Baker's need - OVEN, used 72 times
- Tug-of-war need - ROPE, used 72 times
- Gumbo need - OKRA, used 56 times
- Etcher's need - ACID, used 40 times
- In need of directions - LOST, used 39 times
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