Improve, as skills
The crossword clue "Improve, as skills" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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.
- SHARPEN (2 uses in xd)
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
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