Shrink in fear
The crossword clue "Shrink in fear" is answered by COWER, a 5-letter entry. Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
COWER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COWER answer page.
Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 15 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.
- CRINGE (15 uses in xd)
- RECOIL (7 uses in xd)
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