Own up

The answer

ADMIT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADMIT answer page.

Used 26 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• FESS (93 uses in xd)
• CONFESS (2 uses in xd)
• ADMITIT (1 uses in xd)
• COMECLEAN (1 uses in xd)
• FACETHEMUSIC (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADMIT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADMIT, most used first.

• Let in - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Confess - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Own up to - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Fess up - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Fess up to - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Concede - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a ticket - used 38 times, most recently in 2021
• Allow in - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Allow to enter - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Acknowledge - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Let on - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
• "To ___ own self be true" - THINE, used 38 times
• "A League of ___ Own" - THEIR, used 30 times
• Doesn't own - RENTS, used 30 times
• Woolf's "___ of One's Own" - AROOM, used 25 times
• Toot one's own horn - BOAST, used 23 times

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