The dark side
The crossword clue "The dark side" is answered by YIN, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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
YIN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YIN answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YIN, most used first.
- Yang's counterpart - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and yang - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Yang's partner - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Feminine side - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Yang's opposite - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Feminine force - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Yang counterpart - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Feminine principle - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Yang's complement - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Yang partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Dark side - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- The feminine side, in Chinese circles - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Yang go-with - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Counterpart of yang - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Dark principle - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Passive principle - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Dark half of a Chinese circle - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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