Blot gently
The crossword clue "Blot gently" is answered by DABAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. 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
DABAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DABAT answer page.
Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DABAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DABAT, most used first.
- Sponge gently - used 20 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.
- Blot out - ERASE, used 28 times
- Floats gently - WAFTS, used 14 times
- Blot - STAIN, used 11 times
- Wash gently against - LAPAT, used 10 times
- Push gently - NUDGE, used 9 times
- Prod gently - NUDGE, used 8 times
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