___ the lily
The crossword clue "___ the lily" is answered by GILD, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GILD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GILD answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 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.
- GLID (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GILD
Every other clue in this collection answered by GILD, most used first.
- Coat with gold - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Embellish - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Overlay with gold - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Richly adorn - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- __ the lily (overdo it) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Embellish richly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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