Temper, as steel
The crossword clue "Temper, as steel" is answered by ANNEAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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ANNEAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANNEAL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ANNEAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANNEAL, most used first.
- Temper, as metal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Temper - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Toughen - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Strengthen - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Strengthen by tempering - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Bad temper - SPLEEN, used 14 times
- Temper - DANDER, used 13 times
- Ill temper - SPLEEN, used 9 times
- Steel beam - GIRDER, used 6 times
- Temper tantrums - SCENES, used 6 times
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