Make ready
The crossword clue "Make ready" is answered by PREP, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PREP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PREP answer page.
Used 35 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 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.
- PREPARE (10 uses in xd)
- GETSET (1 uses in xd)
- SETUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PREP
Every other clue in this collection answered by PREP, most used first.
- Get ready, for short - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ready - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of school - used 80 times, most recently in 2022
- Get ready, briefly - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of school - used 32 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Make angry - RILE, used 146 times
- Make eyes at - OGLE, used 142 times
- Make simpler - EASE, used 136 times
- Ready, willing, and ___ - ABLE, used 119 times
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