Prune, before drying
The crossword clue "Prune, before drying" is answered by PLUM, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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
PLUM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLUM answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PLUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLUM, most used first.
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- Deep purple - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
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- Jack Horner's find - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Pudding fruit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Horner's find - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Purple shade - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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