Formally withdraw
The crossword clue "Formally withdraw" is answered by SECEDE, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SECEDE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SECEDE answer page.
Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SECEDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SECEDE, most used first.
- Withdraw - used 41 times, most recently in 2019
- Break away - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Leave the country? - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Withdraw formally - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Leave the union - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Pull out - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Withdraw officially - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Drop out - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Withdraw from a union - 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.
- Withdraw. - RETIRE, used 20 times
- Withdraw - RECEDE, used 19 times
- Formally approve - RATIFY, used 11 times
- Choose formally - ANOINT, used 10 times
- Withdraw - BOWOUT, used 9 times
- Decide to withdraw - OPTOUT, used 8 times
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