Hit the accelerator

The answer

REV

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REV answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.

• GUNIT (1 uses in xd)
• SPEDUP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for REV

Every other clue in this collection answered by REV, most used first.

• Gun the engine - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun, as an engine - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Speed (up) - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Race, as an engine - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun, as a motor - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Accelerate, with "up" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Crank (up) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun a motor - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Prepare to drag - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Gun the motor - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Increase, with "up" - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Accelerate - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• MLK's title - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Go "vroom vroom" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Gun an engine - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Clerical abbreviation - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Race the engine - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Gun in the garage - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Accelerate sharply - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Excite, with "up" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Fire (up) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire up, as an engine - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for MLK - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ up (accelerate) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Amp (up) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pastor, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Pastor's nickname - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Prepare to burn rubber - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Race an engine - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Accelerate, as an engine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Give gas to, as an engine - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Give some gas - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Minister, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Minister's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Ministerial nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of r.p.m. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Put the pedal to the metal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Accelerate, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Cause to go "Vroom!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Give gas to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Gun at a red light - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Gun in a car - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Gun it in neutral - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Prepare to drag race - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Speed a motor - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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