Make up (for)
The crossword clue "Make up (for)" is answered by ATONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 192 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 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 192 times across 55 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- RECOUP (4 uses in xd)
- EXPIATE (2 uses in xd)
- OFFSET (2 uses in xd)
- RECOVER (2 uses in xd)
- BALANCE (1 uses in xd)
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
- Do penance - used 217 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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
- Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
- Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
- Make happy - ELATE, used 133 times
- Make a speech - ORATE, used 127 times
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