Moved gradually
The crossword clue "Moved gradually" is answered by EDGED, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. 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
EDGED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGED answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EDGED
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGED, most used first.
- Barely defeated - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-___ sword - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely beat - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Moved sideways - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Bordered - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Narrowly defeated - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Nosed (out) - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Sidled - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- Sharp-___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Trimmed - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Moved cautiously - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Sharpened. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Beat by a whisker - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Defeated, but barely - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Just beat - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Moved laterally - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Defeated by a hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Trimmed the lawn - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Advanced gradually - 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.
- Moved stealthily - CREPT, used 30 times
- Moved slowly - EASED, used 20 times
- Moved carefully - EASED, used 19 times
- Gradually wear away - ERODE, used 18 times
- Wear away gradually - ERODE, used 18 times
- Destroy gradually - ERODE, used 17 times
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