Common practice
The crossword clue "Common practice" is answered by USAGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USAGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USAGE answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for USAGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by USAGE, most used first.
- Grammarian's concern - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Grammar topic - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Custom - used 63 times, most recently in 2024
- Customary practice - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Treatment - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Employment - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Practice - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Accepted practice - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Linguist's concern - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Application - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Habit. - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Meter reading - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- English class topic - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Lexicographer's concern - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Grammarian's topic - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Practical application - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Safire subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Copy editor's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Function - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Electric bill listing - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Electric meter measurement - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- The way we word - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Dictionary info - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Dictionary topic - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Gas bill info - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Grammar concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Utility bill datum - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Out of practice - RUSTY, used 128 times
- Practice piece - ETUDE, used 80 times
- Piano practice piece - ETUDE, used 78 times
- "Common Sense" author - PAINE, used 62 times
- Not as common - RARER, used 41 times
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