Tan shades
The crossword clue "Tan shades" is answered by ECRUS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. 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
ECRUS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ECRUS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BEIGES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ECRUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ECRUS, most used first.
- Beige shades - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Neutral colors - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Shades - TONES, used 40 times
- Shades - TINTS, used 31 times
- Shades of color - TONES, used 24 times
- Black shades, to poets - EBONS, used 6 times
- Grayish tan - BEIGE, used 6 times
- Highlighter shades - NEONS, used 6 times
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