Do figure eights
The crossword clue "Do figure eights" is answered by SKATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SKATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKATE answer page.
Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by SKATE, most used first.
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