Lightly fry
The crossword clue "Lightly fry" is answered by SAUTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. 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
SAUTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAUTE answer page.
Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. 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 SAUTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAUTE, most used first.
- Pan-fry - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Fry lightly - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Fry quickly - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Brown - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Fry - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Recipe direction - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Brown in a pan - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Fry in a pan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cook in a pan - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cook in a wok, perhaps - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Prepare, as mushrooms - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Wash lightly - RINSE, used 27 times
- Small fry - TYKES, used 21 times
- Lightly burn - SINGE, used 13 times
- Color lightly - TINCT, used 11 times
- Word before fry or potatoes - SMALL, used 11 times
- Sew lightly - BASTE, used 10 times
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