De novo
The crossword clue "De novo" is answered by ANEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 41 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANEW answer page.
Used 41 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ANEW
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- From the top - used 355 times, most recently in 2026
- All over again - used 269 times, most recently in 2026
- Over again - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
- From square one - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
- Freshly - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
- From scratch - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Once again - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- From the beginning - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- From the start - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- With a clean slate - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn over ___ leaf - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
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