Prepare to swallow
The crossword clue "Prepare to swallow" is answered by CHEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
CHEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEW answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CHEWUP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CHEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHEW, most used first.
- Masticate - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Enjoy some gum - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Consider, with "on" - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Ruminate. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Work on jerky - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Enjoy bubble gum - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Meditate (on) - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Munch - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Scold, with "out" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Enjoy, as gum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Enjoy gum - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gnaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Use the maxilla and mandible - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Get one's teeth into - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Mull (over) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Munch on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- __ the fat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Prepare for publication - EDIT, used 131 times
- Sea swallow - TERN, used 107 times
- Prepare potatoes - MASH, used 44 times
- Prepare for a trip - PACK, used 43 times
- Prepare for takeoff - TAXI, used 41 times
- Prepare for a bout - SPAR, used 38 times
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