Answer: PHONE
PHONE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 124 times.
Referring Clues:
- Drop a dime, so to speak
 - Ring up
 - Call
 - Button site
 - Conversation piece
 - Kind of tag
 - Get on the horn
 - Ring
 - Get on the line
 - Cradle contents
 - Give a buzz
 - It may be cradled
 - Cell, e.g.
 - It may get charged or get charges
 - Nokia offering
 - Bell invention
 - Bob Newhart prop
 - Bell's invention
 - Give a ring
 - ___ tag
 - AT&T installation
 - Hands-free ___
 - Telemarketing tool
 - Mobile thing
 - Word after cell or wall
 - One can be called on it
 - Caller's device, and word that can precede the ends of the answers to starred clues
 - It might be tapped
 - Johnnycake
 - __ tag
 - Text alternative
 - Cell, for one
 - It may be clipped to a belt
 - See 51-Down
 - Call up
 - Cell, maybe
 - Cell __
 - Place a call
 - Get in touch with
 - Buzz
 - Texter's instrument
 - Word with ''tag'' or ''booth''
 - ''E.T. ___ home!''
 - Landline or mobile
 - Conversation piece?
 - Make a call to
 - It may get charged or charges
 - Type of book or booth
 - Word with tag or booth
 - Sousa follower
 - Give a jingle
 - "E.T. ___ home"
 - Thing at the end of the line?
 - Use a PDA, perhaps
 - Texting device
 - Cellular transmitter
 - Word with "tag" or "booth"
 - "E.T. ___ home!"
 - Cell ___
 - Teen's lifeline
 - It has a familiar ring
 - Communications device described by the first words of the puzzle's four longest answers
 - Caller's need
 - Cell, perhaps
 - Bell creation
 - Agent 86's shoe, e.g.
 - Forerunner to 'txt msg'?
 - Droid, e.g.
 - Ring ring
 - Instrument used to give someone the end of 18-, 27-, 43- or 55-Across
 - A cellular device
 - Typical function of 64 Across
 - Contact, in a way
 - It may be handsfree
 - App-using device
 - One called upon to talk?
 - Dial up
 - Cell or rotary item
 - Omnipresent ringer
 - Get in touch, in a way
 - Bell's ringing success
 - Dial a friend
 - Telemarketer's tool
 - Telemarketing must
 - Texting need
 - It has a ring to it
 - App holder
 - Mobile, e.g.
 - Make a call
 - Samsung Galaxy, e.g.
 - Sousa or smart follower
 - Car accessory, for some
 - Buzz, so to speak
 - Samsung or Nokia offering
 - Cellular device
 - Wring
 - Gadget for many selfies
 - LG product
 - It's dialed up
 - Modern do-all device
 - Galaxy you hold
 - Modern medium
 - Galaxy, e.g.
 - Telemarketer's need
 - Texter's device
 - App storer
 - Cell, nowadays
 - What's answered but never asks a question, in a riddle
 - Device for texting
 - App runner
 - Bell invention with a bell
 - Device for making calls
 - Word before hack or jack
 - Device that rings
 - Landline, e.g.
 - Cell or landline
 - Galaxy, for one
 - *Call
 - Device not allowed during a family meal, maybe
 - E.T. ___ home
 - Addictive thing in one's pocket
 - Device ignored during a digital detox
 - Google Pixel, e.g.
 - In some cases, it won't break
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 29, 2025
 - LA Times - September 13, 2025
 - LA Times - July 19, 2025
 - LA Times - April 23, 2025
 - USA Today - February 21, 2025
 - USA Today - November 18, 2024
 - New York Times - May 13, 2024
 - LA Times - September 25, 2023
 - LA Times - August 25, 2023
 - LA Times - March 22, 2023
 - LA Times - February 01, 2023
 - USA Today - November 30, 2022
 - New York Times - September 19, 2022
 - USA Today - July 29, 2022
 - LA Times - April 02, 2022
 - USA Today - February 10, 2022
 - USA Today - December 27, 2021
 - New York Times - December 23, 2021
 - LA Times - December 23, 2021
 - LA Times - November 11, 2021
 
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