Takes away
The crossword clue "Takes away" is answered by DETRACTS, a 8-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETRACTS
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETRACTS answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 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.
- DEDUCTS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for DETRACTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETRACTS, most used first.
- Takes away (from) - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Fade away - EVANESCE, used 22 times
- Waste away - EMACIATE, used 13 times
- Drive away - ALIENATE, used 10 times
- Take away - SUBTRACT, used 9 times
- Takes for granted - PRESUMES, used 9 times
- Takes back - RETRACTS, used 7 times
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