Do a slow burn
The crossword clue "Do a slow burn" is answered by FUME, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
FUME
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FUME answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. 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 FUME
Every other clue in this collection answered by FUME, most used first.
- Seethe - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- See red - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Act incensed - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Show anger - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Seethe with anger - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Be angry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Be furious - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Stew - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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