Espouse
The crossword clue "Espouse" is answered by ADOPT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1964. 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
ADOPT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADOPT answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 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.
- WWWWW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADOPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADOPT, most used first.
- Take as one's own - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Take on - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Vote to accept - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Embrace as one's own - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Assume - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Make one's own - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Ratify - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Take up - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Embrace - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Take under one's wing - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Add to the family - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Rescue from a shelter - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Take into one's family - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Get a pet from a shelter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Start using - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in, as a stray - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Take in from a pet shelter - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Take up, as a cause - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
- Nimble - AGILE, used 322 times
- Battery terminal - ANODE, used 319 times
- Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
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