Forty winks
The crossword clue "Forty winks" is answered by SIESTA, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIESTA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIESTA answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 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.
- AFEWZS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SIESTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIESTA, most used first.
- Nap - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Afternoon nap - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Afternoon break - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Sonora snooze - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Afternoon snooze - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Midday snooze - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Midday nap - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Rest of the afternoon - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Afternoon rest - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Midday break - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Day break? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Nap after noon - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Nogales nap - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Time out? - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Mexican nap - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Mexican's nap - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tijuana time-out - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Forty winks - CATNAP, used 42 times
- Forty-___. - NINERS, used 14 times
- Forty winks - SNOOZE, used 12 times
- 40 winks - CATNAP, used 9 times
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