Weighs down
The crossword clue "Weighs down" is answered by LADES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. 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
LADES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LADES answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 5 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.
- BURDENS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LADES
Every other clue in this collection answered by LADES, most used first.
- Puts on cargo - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Fills with cargo - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes on cargo - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Stows cargo - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Fills the hold - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Does dock work - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Bails - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Loads with cargo - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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