Accelerate sharply
The crossword clue "Accelerate sharply" is answered by REVUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. 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
REVUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REVUP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for REVUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by REVUP, most used first.
- Intensify - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Gun, as an engine - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Gun the engine - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Race, as an engine - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Accelerate - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Energize - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Excite - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
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- Sharply sloped - STEEP, used 12 times
- Turns sharply - SLUES, used 12 times
- Criticizes sharply - ZINGS, used 11 times
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