Toughen
The crossword clue "Toughen" is answered by ANNEAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANNEAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANNEAL answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ANNEAL
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- Temper, as metal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Temper - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Strengthen - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Strengthen by tempering - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Temper, as steel - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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