Be penitent
The crossword clue "Be penitent" is answered by ATONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 58 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ATONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATONE answer page.
Used 58 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ATONEFOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ATONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATONE, most used first.
- Make amends - used 664 times, most recently in 2026
- Do penance - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
- Make up (for) - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
- Expiate - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
- Observe Yom Kippur - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Make amends (for) - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Square things - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Make reparations - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
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