Make amends for
The crossword clue "Make amends for" is answered by EXPIATE, a 7-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXPIATE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXPIATE answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for EXPIATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXPIATE, most used first.
- Atone for - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Make good as new - RESTORE, used 45 times
- Make believe - PRETEND, used 27 times
- Take for granted - PRESUME, used 27 times
- Word-for-word - LITERAL, used 27 times
- Played for time - STALLED, used 24 times
- Take over for - RELIEVE, used 23 times
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