Went for the gold?
The crossword clue "Went for the gold?" is answered by MINED, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MINED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MINED answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PANNED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MINED
Every other clue in this collection answered by MINED, most used first.
- Dug up - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Dug for coal - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Got the lead out? - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Dug for gold - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sought ore - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
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