Subtle distinctions
The crossword clue "Subtle distinctions" is answered by NUANCES, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NUANCES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUANCES answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 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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- NICETIES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NUANCES
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUANCES, most used first.
- Subtleties - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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- Far from subtle - BLATANT, used 6 times
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