Make a reference
The crossword clue "Make a reference" is answered by ALLUDE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLUDE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLUDE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALLUDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLUDE, most used first.
- Refer (to) - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
- Refer - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Refer indirectly - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
- Refer indirectly (to) - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Hint at, with "to" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Make reference (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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 beloved - ENDEAR, used 141 times
- Make possible - ENABLE, used 130 times
- Make certain - ENSURE, used 99 times
- Make bubbly - AERATE, used 61 times
- Make lovable - ENDEAR, used 44 times
- Make - CREATE, used 43 times
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