Press into service

The answer

USE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USE answer page.

Used 54 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 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.

• ENLIST (2 uses in xd)
• ENROL (1 uses in xd)
• POWERUP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for USE

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

• Employ - used 414 times, most recently in 2026
• Take advantage of - used 339 times, most recently in 2026
• Put to work - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Work with - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Application - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Manipulate - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ it or lose it" - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ as directed" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Put into service - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring into play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Wear and tear - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Play for a sap - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
• Avail oneself of - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Draw upon - used 45 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.

• Ran into - MET, used 219 times
• Service charge - FEE, used 186 times
• Bumped into - MET, used 167 times
• Press for payment - DUN, used 68 times
• Slip into - DON, used 64 times

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