Make lean, in a way
The crossword clue "Make lean, in a way" is answered by DEFAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DEFAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEFAT answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEFAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEFAT, most used first.
- Make more lean - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Skim, as milk - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Make lean - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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