Give an edge
The crossword clue "Give an edge" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONE, most used first.
- Sharpen - used 498 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tune - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfect - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Make sharper - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharpen, as skills - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Whet - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Give an edge to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Put an edge on - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Refine - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Whetstone. - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
- Use a whetstone - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
- Improve, as skills - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Improve - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpen, as a knife - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharpen, as one's skills - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Improve, as a skill - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Improve, as one's skills - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Use a strop - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Use a whetstone on - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Perfect, as a skill - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Refine, as a skill - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Strop - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Use a strop on - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Make perfect - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Make sharp - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpen, as a skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfect over time - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpen, as a razor - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Work on the edge - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Make more effective - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Put to the grindstone - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Give up - CEDE, used 268 times
- Give a hoot - CARE, used 190 times
- Roof edge - EAVE, used 146 times
- Give temporarily - LEND, used 136 times
- Give off, as light - EMIT, used 122 times
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