Rough up
The crossword clue "Rough up" is answered by MAUL, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAUL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAUL answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MAUL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAUL, most used first.
- Heavy hammer - used 65 times, most recently in 2021
- Handle roughly - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Manhandle - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Treat roughly - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Beat badly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stake-driving hammer - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Mangle - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Badly claw - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Handle without care - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sledgehammer - 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.
- Rough guess - STAB, used 77 times
- Rough file - RASP, used 35 times
- Rough it - CAMP, used 14 times
- Metals in the rough - ORES, used 12 times
- Rough breathing sound - RALE, used 12 times
- Rough voice - RASP, used 10 times
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