Straighten
The crossword clue "Straighten" is answered by ALINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 35 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALINE answer page.
Used 35 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 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.
- UNBEND (6 uses in xd)
- UNCURL (5 uses in xd)
- MALIGN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALINE, most used first.
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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.
- Straighten - ALIGN, used 94 times
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