Breaks a fast
The crossword clue "Breaks a fast" is answered by EATS, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EATS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EATS answer page.
Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EATS, most used first.
- Grub - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Diner sign - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Consumes - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Chow - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Vittles - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts away - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Chows down - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Dines - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a meal - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Breaks bread - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a snack - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Beanery sign - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- Devours - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Gobbles up - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Polishes off - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Greasy spoon sign - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Corrodes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Ingests - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Has dinner - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Victuals - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Comestibles - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Sups - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Has a bite - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Hash-house sign - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Drove too fast - SPED, used 99 times
- Fast time - LENT, used 99 times
- Went fast - SPED, used 96 times
- Went too fast - SPED, used 36 times
- "Not so fast!" - WHOA, used 35 times
- Fast planes - SSTS, used 34 times
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