Taper?
The crossword clue "Taper?" is answered by VCR, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VCR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VCR answer page.
Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for VCR
Every other clue in this collection answered by VCR, most used first.
- TiVo precursor - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- TV adjunct - used 31 times, most recently in 2009
- TiVo forerunner - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- TiVo ancestor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- TiVo predecessor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- DVD player ancestor - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- TV attachment - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- DVD forerunner - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- DVD player's predecessor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- TiVo alternative - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- TV accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Taper off - EBB, used 8 times
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