Put an edge on
The crossword clue "Put an edge on" is answered by HONED, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HONED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONED answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1991. 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.
- STROPPED (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
- Gave an edge to - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tuned - used 8 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.
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- On edge - TENSE, used 158 times
- Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
- Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
- Put into law - ENACT, used 97 times
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