Swelter

The answer

BAKE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAKE answer page.

Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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.

• ROAST (20 uses in xd)
• FRY (19 uses in xd)
• STEW (15 uses in xd)
• BROIL (10 uses in xd)
• BOIL (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for BAKE

Every other clue in this collection answered by BAKE, most used first.

• Use the oven - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Make cookies - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cook cookies - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Harden by heat - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Lie in the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Make brownies - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Sit in the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Use a kiln - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Cook. - used 8 times, most recently in 1973
• Cook in an oven - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Oven setting - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Put in the oven - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a cake - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Recipe direction - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Cook in the oven - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Make muffins - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Swelter - STEW, used 15 times
• Swelter - BOIL, used 6 times

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