Subtle suggestions
The crossword clue "Subtle suggestions" is answered by HINTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HINTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HINTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HINTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HINTS, most used first.
- Clues - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Suggestions - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Helpful tips - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Intimations - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Helpful clues - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intimates - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Tips - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Help for the stumped - 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.
- Suggestions - INPUT, used 31 times
- Subtle glows - AURAS, used 15 times
- Subtle sarcasm - IRONY, used 13 times
- Subtle qualities - AURAS, used 11 times
- Subtle emanations - AURAE, used 9 times
- Subtle emanations - AURAS, used 9 times
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