Be petty
The crossword clue "Be petty" is answered by CAVIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. 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
CAVIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAVIL answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CAVIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAVIL, most used first.
- Quibble - used 30 times, most recently in 2018
- Carp - used 18 times, most recently in 2005
- Nitpick - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Find fault - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Trivial objection - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise trivial objections - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Be nitpicky - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Petty quarrels - SPATS, used 49 times
- Petty - SMALL, used 23 times
- Petty officer - BOSUN, used 18 times
- Petty quarrels - TIFFS, used 17 times
- Petty malice - SPITE, used 13 times
- Petty ill will - SPITE, used 12 times
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