___ up (come clean)
The crossword clue "___ up (come clean)" is answered by FESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
FESS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FESS answer page.
Used 37 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 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
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.
- Sign of things to come - OMEN, used 164 times
- Come across as - SEEM, used 99 times
- Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
- Come __; find - UPON, used 46 times
- Come in last - LOSE, used 38 times
- "Come Sail Away" band - STYX, used 37 times
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