Prepare apples for baking

The answer

CORE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CORE answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CORE

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

• Heart - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple center - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Center - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple's center - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Central part - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Center of an apple - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple discard - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Essence - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple throwaway - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Apple leftover - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Innermost part - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Reactor part - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• Center of the earth - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Nucleus - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Nuclear reactor part - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Earth's center - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Essential part - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Heart of the matter - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Pith - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Apple part - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Central portion - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Fruit center - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Fundamental - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Innermost - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Uneaten part of an apple - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Delicious leftover? - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Pear center - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Pilates target - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pineapple center - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Place for seeds - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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