Political thaw
The crossword clue "Political thaw" is answered by DETENTE, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETENTE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETENTE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 3 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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- DEXTE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DETENTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETENTE, most used first.
- Cold War easing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cold War thaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Thaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
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.
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- Political power structure - APPARAT, used 6 times
- Political refugees - EMIGRES, used 6 times
- What a landslide political victory confers - MANDATE, used 6 times
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