Things to uphold
The crossword clue "Things to uphold" is answered by IDEALS, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDEALS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEALS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDEALS
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDEALS, most used first.
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- Standards of perfection - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Lofty goals - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Lofty standards - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Paradigms - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Standards of excellence - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Worthy principles - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Standards - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Worthy aims - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Goals - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- High principles - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Lofty principles - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Noble principles - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Perfect models - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Exemplars - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Models of perfection - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Noble goals - 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.
- The way things stand - ASITIS, used 24 times
- "Where the Wild Things Are" author - SENDAK, used 16 times
- Things of value - ASSETS, used 14 times
- Things to be done. - AGENDA, used 13 times
- Good things to have - ASSETS, used 12 times
- Way of doing things - METHOD, used 12 times
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