Do penance
The crossword clue "Do penance" is answered by ATONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 217 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 36 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ATONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATONE answer page.
Used 217 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 36 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ATONE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ATONE, most used first.
- Make amends - used 664 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
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- Accumulate - AMASS, used 311 times
- Came up - AROSE, used 298 times
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