Approach perfection
The crossword clue "Approach perfection" is answered by RIPEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIPEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPEN answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIPEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPEN, most used first.
- Mature - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn red, maybe - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Age - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
- Mature, as fruit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Become ready to harvest - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Become edible - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Become harvestable - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Become ready to eat - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Mellow - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Get ready to eat? - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn red, perhaps - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Come of age - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Mature on the vine - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Reach maturity - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Become edible, as fruit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Become ready to pick - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Come to fruition - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Reach perfection - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Standard of perfection - IDEAL, used 49 times
- Model of perfection - IDEAL, used 45 times
- Approach midnight - LATEN, used 17 times
- Approach to an article - ANGLE, used 10 times
- Approach quickly - RUNTO, used 8 times
- Perfection - IDEAL, used 8 times
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