Make a second attempt
The crossword clue "Make a second attempt" is answered by RETRY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RETRY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RETRY answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RETRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RETRY, most used first.
- Have another go at - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Hear again - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Attempt again - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Take another shot at - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Take another stab at - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Give it another go - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Second attempt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Take another crack at - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Do-over - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Attempt anew - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hold another hearing for - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Make another attempt - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Take another shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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 amends - ATONE, used 664 times
- Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
- Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- Make fun of - TEASE, used 161 times
- Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
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