Formally gives up

The answer

CEDES

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CEDES

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

• Hands over - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives up - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Relinquishes - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Yields - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Surrenders - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives over - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Turns over - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Gives up, as territory - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Grants - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Yields, as territory - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Signs over - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Relinquishes legally - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Surrenders, as territory - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Hands over formally - 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 off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Gives a hoot - CARES, used 62 times
• Gives temporarily - LENDS, used 56 times
• Gives the go-ahead - OKAYS, used 26 times
• Gives off, as light - EMITS, used 25 times
• Gives out - EMITS, used 25 times

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