Authorizes
The crossword clue "Authorizes" is answered by OKAYS, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OKAYS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OKAYS answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OKAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OKAYS, most used first.
- Approves - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Green-lights - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives the go-ahead - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Signs off on - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Sanctions - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives approval for - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Gives the nod to - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Gives the go-ahead to - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives a thumbs-up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rubber-stamps - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Gives the green light - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Agrees to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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