Gives a leg up
The crossword clue "Gives a leg up" is answered by BOOSTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOOSTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOOSTS answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BOOSTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOOSTS, most used first.
- Increases - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Promotes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Raises - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Gives a lift - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives a lift to - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Gives a speech - ORATES, used 26 times
- Gives rise to - SPAWNS, used 26 times
- Gives an address - ORATES, used 17 times
- Gives way - YIELDS, used 16 times
- Leg bone - FIBULA, used 15 times
- Gives voice to - UTTERS, used 13 times
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