In the place of.
The crossword clue "In the place of." is answered by VICE, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1968; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus.
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VICE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VICE answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1968; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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