Makes keener
The crossword clue "Makes keener" is answered by HONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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HONES
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Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HONES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONES, most used first.
- Sharpens - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tunes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfects - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts an edge on - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Whets - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
- Whetstones. - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Sharpens, as skills - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes sharper - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Makes level - EVENS, used 65 times
- "__ makes waste" - HASTE, used 51 times
- Makes simpler - EASES, used 48 times
- Makes less difficult - EASES, used 41 times
- Makes an effort - TRIES, used 35 times
- Makes - EARNS, used 28 times
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