Speeds (up)
The crossword clue "Speeds (up)" is answered by REVS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REVS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REVS answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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.
- EXPEDITES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REVS
Every other clue in this collection answered by REVS, most used first.
- Guns the engine - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Guns, as an engine - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Guns - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
- Races, as an engine - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Guns, as a motor - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Races the engine - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Guns a motor - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
- Cranks (up) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Accelerates, as an engine - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Guns the motor - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Accelerates, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Races, as a motor - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ up (accelerates) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Speeds - HIES, used 15 times
- Record speeds, for short - RPMS, used 9 times
- Speeds - ZIPS, used 6 times
- Turntable speeds, for short - RPMS, used 6 times
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