Fine-tuned

The answer

HONED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONED answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 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.

• TWEAKED (5 uses in xd)
• CALIBRATED (2 uses in xd)
• DIALED (1 uses in xd)
• POLISHED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HONED

Every other clue in this collection answered by HONED, most used first.

• Sharpened - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Perfected - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Made sharper - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Put an edge on - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Gave an edge to - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Put to the grindstone - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Whetted - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Improved an edge - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Used a strop - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Gave an edge - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Improved, as skills - 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.

• Fine-tune - TWEAK, used 54 times
• Fine fiddle - AMATI, used 41 times
• Fine sprays - MISTS, used 40 times
• Tuned in - AWARE, used 29 times
• Fine dinnerware - CHINA, used 28 times
• Fine fiddle - STRAD, used 27 times

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