Sedates
The crossword clue "Sedates" is answered by CALMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CALMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CALMS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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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- TRANQUILIZES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CALMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CALMS, most used first.
- Soothes - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Pacifies - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Placates - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Settles down - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Composes - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Settles - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Eases one's anxiety - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Quiets - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Quiets down - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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