London subway

The answer

TUBE

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

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. 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.

• AUBE (1 uses in xd)
• THETUBE (1 uses in xd)
• UNDERGROUND (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TUBE

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

• Toothpaste holder - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Toothpaste container - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollow cylinder - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Lipstick holder - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Lipstick container - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• London subway, with "the" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cylinder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Ziti shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Idiot box - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Paint holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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• London district - SOHO, used 125 times
• London art gallery - TATE, used 95 times
• London neighborhood - SOHO, used 36 times
• Subway fare? - HERO, used 33 times
• London area - SOHO, used 30 times

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