Gather gradually
The crossword clue "Gather gradually" is answered by GLEAN, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GLEAN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLEAN answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GLEAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLEAN, most used first.
- Gather bit by bit - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Collect bit by bit - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Gather - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Gather slowly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Collect slowly - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Harvest - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Gather, as information - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Collect - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Collect little by little - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Cull - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Gather little by little - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Learn bit-by-bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Gather - AMASS, used 150 times
- Gather together - AMASS, used 83 times
- Gather over time - AMASS, used 27 times
- Gather up - AMASS, used 25 times
- Gather wool - SHEAR, used 21 times
- Gather - INFER, used 18 times
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