Relinquishes legally

The answer

CEDES

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 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
• Formally gives up - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Bar legally - ESTOP, used 108 times
• Prevent legally - ESTOP, used 42 times
• Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" - REESE, used 39 times
• Legally prohibit - ESTOP, used 23 times
• Legally prevent - ESTOP, used 20 times
• Prohibit, legally - ESTOP, used 18 times

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