On the ___ (recuperating)
The crossword clue "On the ___ (recuperating)" is answered by MEND, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MEND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEND answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Darn, as socks - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- 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
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- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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