Boldly provocative
The crossword clue "Boldly provocative" is answered by EDGY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. 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
EDGY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EDGY
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGY, most used first.
- Nervous - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Tense - used 90 times, most recently in 2024
- Jittery - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- On pins and needles - used 58 times, most recently in 2024
- Uptight - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Irritable - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Avant-garde - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Envelope-pushing - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Pushing the envelope - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Boundary-pushing - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Provocative - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- High-strung - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Anxious - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Snappish. - used 15 times, most recently in 1996
- Skittish - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Feeling tense - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Nervously irritable - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- On tenterhooks - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Tense and irritable - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Uneasy - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Wired - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Experiencing jitters - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Keyed up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- All wound up - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Trendsetting - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Daring - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Feeling anxious - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Impatient and anxious - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Pushing boundaries - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ill at ease - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Risque - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Trend-setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Resist boldly - DEFY, used 15 times
- Act boldly - DARE, used 11 times
- Confront boldly - FACE, used 7 times
- Provocative - RACY, used 7 times
- Eye boldly - OGLE, used 6 times
- State boldly - AVOW, used 6 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.