Spruce
The crossword clue "Spruce" is answered by NATTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NATTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NATTY answer page.
Used 21 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NATTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NATTY, most used first.
- Dapper - used 52 times, most recently in 2023
- Smartly dressed - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Smart - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Sharply dressed - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Well-dressed - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Dressed to kill - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Dressed to the nines - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Snazzily dressed - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Spruce (up) - SPIFF, used 25 times
- Spruce up - PREEN, used 8 times
- Spruce juice - RESIN, used 6 times
- Spruce oneself up - PREEN, used 6 times
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