Embraces
The crossword clue "Embraces" is answered by ADOPTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ADOPTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADOPTS answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 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.
- INARMS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADOPTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADOPTS, most used first.
- Takes as one's own - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Takes on - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Votes to accept - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Takes in - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes one's own - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Accepts, as a resolution - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Takes into one's family - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Embraces - CLASPS, used 6 times
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