Stare intently

The answer

GAZE

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 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.

• PEER (3 uses in xd)
• LOOKLONGANDHARD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GAZE

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

• Stare - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Long look - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Steady look - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Intent look - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Fixed look - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Look intently - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Look (at) - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Look steadily - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Look - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Peer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Steady stare - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Use a crystal ball - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Stare at - OGLE, used 167 times
• Stare stupidly - GAWK, used 53 times
• Stare open-mouthed - GAPE, used 40 times
• Stare - GAPE, used 29 times
• Stare stupidly - GAPE, used 28 times
• Stare slack-jawed - GAPE, used 27 times

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