Term of affection
The crossword clue "Term of affection" is answered by DEARY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEARY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEARY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEARY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEARY, most used first.
- Hon - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Darling - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sweetie pie - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Honeybun - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Nautical term. - ABEAM, used 28 times
- Lavishes affection (on) - DOTES, used 21 times
- Term of endearment. - HONEY, used 20 times
- Indian term of respect - SAHIB, used 18 times
- Lavished affection (on) - DOTED, used 17 times
- Term of endearment - SUGAR, used 15 times
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