Set things right

The answer

ATONE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATONE answer page.

Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ATONED (4 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
• Be penitent - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Square things - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• In agreement - used 45 times, most recently in 2004
• Make reparations - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Make things right - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Make up - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Make reparation - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• In harmony - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Perform penance - used 24 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Right-hand page - RECTO, used 143 times
• Set straight - ALIGN, used 96 times
• Musical set in Argentina - EVITA, used 91 times
• Just right - IDEAL, used 83 times
• All set - READY, used 66 times

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