Cook too long
The crossword clue "Cook too long" is answered by OVERDO, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. 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
OVERDO
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVERDO answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- OVERBAKE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for OVERDO
Every other clue in this collection answered by OVERDO, most used first.
- Exaggerate - used 55 times, most recently in 2023
- Take too far - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Go too far - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Carry too far - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Go too far with - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Go to extremes - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Work too hard - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Exceed the limits - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Carry to excess - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Go to extremes with - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Too - OVERLY, used 49 times
- Too - ASWELL, used 41 times
- Long step - STRIDE, used 40 times
- Long looks - STARES, used 32 times
- Took long steps - STRODE, used 29 times
- Take long steps - STRIDE, used 27 times
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