Takes a siesta
The crossword clue "Takes a siesta" is answered by NAPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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 NAPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAPS, most used first.
- Siestas - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoozes - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Short snoozes - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Catches some z's - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Dozes - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Short sleeps - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Is off guard - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
- Piles - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Day breaks - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Short rests - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Afternoon breaks - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Afternoon snoozes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Catches forty winks - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Drops off - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Brief sleeps - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Drifts off - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Kindergarten breaks - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Quick snoozes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Rests - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Takes a snooze - 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.
- Takes advantage of - USES, used 193 times
- Takes to court - SUES, used 182 times
- Takes home - NETS, used 58 times
- It takes the cake - OVEN, used 55 times
- Takes a chair - SITS, used 46 times
- Takes steps - ACTS, used 45 times
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