Go up in smoke
The crossword clue "Go up in smoke" is answered by BURN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BURN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BURN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1952. 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.
- FALLTHROUGH (2 uses in xd)
- BITETHEDUST (1 uses in xd)
- FIZZLEOUT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BURN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BURN, most used first.
- Scorch - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Overcook - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Incinerate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Sunbathing risk - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Combust - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Insult - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Really overcook - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Swindle, slangily - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Bit of smoke - WISP, used 59 times
- Trace of smoke - WISP, used 29 times
- Smoke detector? - NOSE, used 20 times
- Smoke an e-cig - VAPE, used 19 times
- "Summer and Smoke" heroine - ALMA, used 16 times
- "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" composer - KERN, used 14 times
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