Hardly ruddy
The crossword clue "Hardly ruddy" is answered by PASTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PASTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PASTY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PASTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PASTY, most used first.
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- Ashen - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Pallid - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Pale-looking - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Sickly pale - 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.
- Less ruddy - PALER, used 32 times
- Hardly wordy - TERSE, used 31 times
- Hardly any - SCANT, used 24 times
- Not as ruddy - PALER, used 18 times
- Hardly hidden - OVERT, used 13 times
- Hardly long-winded - TERSE, used 12 times
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