Mellow
The crossword clue "Mellow" is answered by RIPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPE answer page.
Used 25 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 6 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.
- SOFTEN (4 uses in xd)
- LAIDBACK (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RIPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPE, most used first.
- Ready for picking - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to eat - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Mature - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to harvest - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to pick - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready - used 41 times, most recently in 2022
- Ready for plucking - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Opportune - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready to be picked - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready for harvest - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to pluck - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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