Not on the rocks

The answer

NEAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEAT answer page.

Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NEAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by NEAT, most used first.

• Tidy - used 316 times, most recently in 2026
• Orderly - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
• Shipshape - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool!" - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Undiluted - used 95 times, most recently in 2025
• Without ice - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncluttered - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• __ as a pin - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Clutter-free - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• In apple-pie order - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Spruced up - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Adroit. - used 43 times, most recently in 1996
• Nifty - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Straight - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• Trim - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• In order - used 38 times, most recently in 2021
• Spiffy - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• Well-groomed - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-organized - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Straight, at the bar - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Like Felix Unger - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Free of clutter - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Dapper - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• In good order - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Not messy - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Straight up - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Fastidious - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• "Groovy!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Peachy-keen - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Spruce - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Well-kept - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• "Swell!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• With no ice - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Like Felix, but not Oscar - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Bar order - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Cleverly done - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• In a glass by itself - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sans ice - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• "Rad!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Spick-and-span - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Unmixed, to a mixologist - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Well-ordered - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Not cluttered - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinlike? - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Unadulterated - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Well-planned - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Without a mixer - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Bourbon order - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• But not gaudy! - used 9 times, most recently in 1978
• Clean and orderly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool beans!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Tasteful. - used 9 times, most recently in 1964
• Carefully arranged - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Clean-cut - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Clever. - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Having no clutter - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "How cool!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "No ice" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "That's pretty cool!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Trig - used 8 times, most recently in 1995
• As __ as a pin - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Cleared of clutter - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Litter-free - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Organized - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Peachy - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Precise - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Straight up, at the bar - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Straight up or straightened up - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Super cool!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unmixed, at a mixer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Very cool!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• All spruced up - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Carefully written - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Dandy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Deftly done - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Far out!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Keen!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Kempt - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Ordered - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Straight up, at a bar - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Undiluted, at the bar - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Unmixed, as a drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Whiskey order - 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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times

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