Prepare for surgery
The crossword clue "Prepare for surgery" is answered by SCRUB, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCRUB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCRUB answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. 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.
- SCRUBUP (2 uses in xd)
- STERILIZE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCRUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCRUB, most used first.
- Second-stringer - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Wash thoroughly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Cancel - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Scour - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean with elbow grease - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Benchwarmer - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Clean vigorously - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Use elbow grease - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Clean thoroughly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Wash vigorously - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Clean with effort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cancel, as a mission - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Third-stringer - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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