Spruces up
The crossword clue "Spruces up" is answered by NEATENS, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEATENS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEATENS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 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.
- SMARTENS (5 uses in xd)
- GROOMS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEATENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEATENS, most used first.
- Tidies up - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Tidies - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts in order - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Straightens up - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes tidy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Never - NOTONCE, used 28 times
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- Nullifies - NEGATES, used 26 times
- Tell a story - NARRATE, used 24 times
- Closest - NEAREST, used 23 times
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