Makes headway
The crossword clue "Makes headway" is answered by GAINS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GAINS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAINS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GAINS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAINS, most used first.
- Profits - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Acquires - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on weight - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes progress - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Acquisitions - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Increases - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Opposite of Losses - used 6 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.
- Makes level - EVENS, used 65 times
- "__ makes waste" - HASTE, used 51 times
- Makes simpler - EASES, used 48 times
- Makes less difficult - EASES, used 41 times
- Makes an effort - TRIES, used 35 times
- Makes - EARNS, used 28 times
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