Make smooth
The crossword clue "Make smooth" is answered by SAND, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SAND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAND answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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.
- SLEEKEN (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for SAND
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAND, most used first.
- Hourglass filler - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Hourglass contents - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach surface - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Hourglass fill - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Dune makeup - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach blanket? - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Grit - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach stuff - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Ocean liner? - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Castle material - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Beach cover - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach makeup - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Smooth - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- True grit - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank deposit - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Dune material - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Hourglass stuff - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooth, in a way - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Beach, basically - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach castle material - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bunker fill - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Bunker filler - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Hourglass filling - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach composition - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Shore thing - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Smooth wood - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Beach feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Beach volleyball surface - 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.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- "Smooth Operator" singer - SADE, used 192 times
- Smooth-talking - GLIB, used 148 times
- Make angry - RILE, used 146 times
- Make eyes at - OGLE, used 142 times
- Make simpler - EASE, used 136 times
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