___ up (admit guilt)

The answer

FESS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FESS answer page.

Used 21 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for FESS

Every other clue in this collection answered by FESS, most used first.

• Own (up) - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Come clean, with "up" - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ up (come clean) - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Admit, with "up" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Parker - used 26 times, most recently in 2006
• Admit guilt, with "up" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ up (admit) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Own (up to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Parker of "Daniel Boone" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• __ up (admit the truth) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Daniel Boone" star Parker - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Heraldic band. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Admit the truth, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Concede, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Parker of "Old Yeller" - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Parker who played Daniel Boone - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Spill the info (with "up") - 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.

• Refuse to admit - DENY, used 58 times
• Admit frankly - AVOW, used 34 times
• Admit openly - AVOW, used 29 times
• Opposite of admit - DENY, used 16 times
• Admit - AVOW, used 13 times
• Admit. - CEDE, used 8 times

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