Tickle one's fancy
The crossword clue "Tickle one's fancy" is answered by AMUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1963. 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
AMUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AMUSE answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AMUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AMUSE, most used first.
- Entertain - used 257 times, most recently in 2026
- Tickle - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Divert - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Make laugh - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause to chuckle - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Make smile - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Get a smile out of - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Beguile - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Tickle pink - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep entertained - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring a smile to - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause to laugh - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Charm - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Get a laugh out of - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Crack up - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Titillate - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Be the life of the party - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Make chuckle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Elicit chuckles from - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Get a giggle from - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Make giggle - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Delight - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Elicit a smile from - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Keep busy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep occupied - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Regale - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
- Tickle pink - ELATE, used 132 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
- Fancy neckwear - ASCOT, used 91 times
- Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times
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