Darn, as socks
The crossword clue "Darn, as socks" is answered by MEND, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MEND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEND answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by MEND, most used first.
- Repair - used 208 times, most recently in 2026
- Patch up - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Darn - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Heal - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Make repairs to - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Fix up - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Convalesce - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Patch - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Set right - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
- Improve - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Make whole - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Sew up - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Get better - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Make sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Stitch up - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- On the ___ (recuperating) - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Put back together - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Recuperate - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Repair, as a garment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Do some darning - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Fix, as a broken heart - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Give a darn - CARE, used 119 times
- "Darn it!" - RATS, used 101 times
- "Darn it!" - DRAT, used 91 times
- "Darn!" - RATS, used 55 times
- "Darn!" - DRAT, used 38 times
- Socks - HOSE, used 36 times
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