Burn the midnight oil
The crossword clue "Burn the midnight oil" is answered by CRAM, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CRAM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRAM answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 7 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.
- STAYUP (5 uses in xd)
- LUCUBRATE (2 uses in xd)
- LUQBRATE (2 uses in xd)
- WORKLATE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRAM, most used first.
- Stuff - used 126 times, most recently in 2024
- Pull an all-nighter - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Study hard - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Study all night - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Study at the last minute - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Jam-pack - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Overstuff - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Study all night, say - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Pack tight - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Study in a hurry - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Pack tightly - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Stuff (in) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bone up - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Do some last-minute studying - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Study a lot in a short time - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Study feverishly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pack full - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Study for finals - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Pull an all-nighter, perhaps - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Squeeze - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Stuff tightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pack - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Pack in - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Pull an all-nighter, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pack in tightly - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Prepare for finals - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Do some last-minute learning - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Put four pounds into a three-pound bag - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Squeeze (in) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Study strenuously - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Study, study, study - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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