Cheekbone
The crossword clue "Cheekbone" is answered by MALAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MALAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MALAR answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 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.
- NALAR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MALAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by MALAR, most used first.
- Of the cheek - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Of the cheekbone - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Cheek-related - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Intended - MEANT, used 241 times
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Craze - MANIA, used 202 times
- Taj ___ - MAHAL, used 182 times
- New Zealand native - MAORI, used 175 times
- Deserve - MERIT, used 159 times
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