Elaborate parties

The answer

FETES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FETES answer page.

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• GALAS (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for FETES

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

• Celebrations - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Lavish parties - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Big celebrations - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Big bashes - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Honors with a party - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Lavish celebrations - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bashes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Throws a party for - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Big parties - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Fancy parties - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Galas - used 7 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.

• Fancy parties - GALAS, used 34 times
• Hawaiian parties - LUAUS, used 15 times
• Elaborate meal - FEAST, used 14 times
• Grand parties - GALAS, used 14 times
• Dance parties - RAVES, used 13 times
• Elaborate tapestry - ARRAS, used 11 times

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