Down to the ___
The crossword clue "Down to the ___" is answered by WIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIRE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIRE, most used first.
- Telegram - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Metal thread - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Cable - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Hidden mike - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Current carrier - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Finish line - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Electrician's supply - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Electricity carrier - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Fence material. - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Marionette mover - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Hanger material - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Send electronically, as funds - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fencing. - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
- Hide a mike on - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Telegraph - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Hidden microphone - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Listening device - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightrope - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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