Be overly sweet
The crossword clue "Be overly sweet" is answered by CLOY, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CLOY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLOY answer page.
Used 28 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
- "How sweet ___!" - ITIS, used 140 times
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- "-- She Sweet" - AINT, used 73 times
- Overly proper - PRIM, used 46 times
- Sweet potatoes - YAMS, used 44 times
- Overly curious - NOSY, used 42 times
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