Dashing young man.

The answer

BLADE

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 2 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.

• GAYDOG (2 uses in xd)
• SPRINTER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for BLADE

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

• Cutting edge - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Grass unit - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Ice skate part - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Piece of grass - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of grass - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Propeller part - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Dashing fellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Fan part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of an ice skate - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dagger part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Knife part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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