Expends
The crossword clue "Expends" is answered by USES, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USES answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 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.
- PAYSOUT (3 uses in xd)
- SWELLS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for USES
Every other clue in this collection answered by USES, most used first.
- Applications - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes advantage of - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Employs - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- Functions - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Exploits - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts to work - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Purposes - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Manipulates - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Calls on - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Avails oneself of - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Utilizes - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts into service - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Finds a purpose for - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Wields - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Plays for a fool - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Exercises - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings into play - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Draws on - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Draws upon - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Works with - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
- Applies - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes a patsy of - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Does drugs - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Puts into play - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Capitalizes on - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Takes unfair advantage of - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Partakes of - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Takes off the shelf - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Versatility list - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Plays for a sap - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Consumes - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't waste - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Depletes, with "up" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- A Swiss Army knife has many - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Puts into practice - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Finds a function for - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Handles - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Operates - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Plays for a sucker - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- A Swiss army knife has lots of them - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Practices - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Presses into service - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Swiss Army knife's many - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Various functions - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Aspirin has several - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Plays for a pawn - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Practical applications - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Swiss Army knife's array - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Deploys - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't discard - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Walks all over - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- "... with 1,001 ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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