Delicately patterned
The crossword clue "Delicately patterned" is answered by LACY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. 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
LACY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LACY answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LACY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LACY, most used first.
- Like some lingerie - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Frilly - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a doily - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Gossamer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Full of frills - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some negligees - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Like doilies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Delicate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Like some petticoats - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Frilly, as doilies - 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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
- Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
- Minus - LESS, used 321 times
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