Puts an edge on
The crossword clue "Puts an edge on" is answered by HONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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HONES
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Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 6 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
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- 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
- Makes keener - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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- On edge - TENSE, used 158 times
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- On edge - ANTSY, used 42 times
- Puts the kibosh on - NIXES, used 37 times
- Cutting edge - BLADE, used 33 times
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