Crosses out
The crossword clue "Crosses out" is answered by DELETES, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DELETES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELETES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 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.
- STRIKESTHROUGH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DELETES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DELETES, most used first.
- Takes out - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Strikes out - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Expunges - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Left out - OMITTED, used 33 times
- Carry out - EXECUTE, used 30 times
- Pigged out - OVERATE, used 21 times
- Turned inside out - EVERTED, used 20 times
- Helps out - ASSISTS, used 19 times
- Came out - EMERGED, used 18 times
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