Make a mess of
The crossword clue "Make a mess of" is answered by RUIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RUIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUIN answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. 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
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Other clues for RUIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUIN, most used first.
- Destroy - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Wreck - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Downfall - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Bankrupt - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Spoil - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Destruction - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
- Devastate - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally destroy - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Archaeological site - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Completely destroy - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally wreck - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Bankruptcy - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- Demolish - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Devastation - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Rack's partner - used 18 times, most recently in 2003
- Undoing - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Lay waste to - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Completely botch - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Total - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Wrack's partner - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
- Damage beyond repair - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Undo - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Havoc - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Perdition - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Render unusable - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally botch - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Archaeologist's site - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Botch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Botch up - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Destroy financially - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Trash - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring crashing down - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Render useless - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- Make angry - RILE, used 146 times
- Make eyes at - OGLE, used 142 times
- Make simpler - EASE, used 136 times
- Make, as money - EARN, used 86 times
- Make well - HEAL, used 83 times
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