Ballet bends
The crossword clue "Ballet bends" is answered by PLIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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PLIES
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Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
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- Ballet skirts - TUTUS, used 24 times
- Bends out of shape - WARPS, used 23 times
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