Small and delicate
The crossword clue "Small and delicate" is answered by DAINTY, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DAINTY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAINTY answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for DAINTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DAINTY, most used first.
- Delicate - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Delicately pretty - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Exquisite - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- Small sofa - SETTEE, used 83 times
- Small piano - SPINET, used 61 times
- Up and about - ARISEN, used 53 times
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Spain and Portugal - IBERIA, used 51 times
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