Apply spin
The crossword clue "Apply spin" is answered by SKEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. 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
SKEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKEW answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SKEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by SKEW, most used first.
- Distort - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
- Distort, as data - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Depict unfairly - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Twist - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Bias - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Slant - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Misrepresent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Present unfairly - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Slant unfairly - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Swerve - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
- Distort, as facts - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Veer off course - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Place at an angle - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Turn aside - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Depict unfairly, as data - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Warp - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Twist, as facts - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Distort, as survey results - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Give a bias to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Throw off - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Spin like ___ - ATOP, used 29 times
- Apply crudely - DAUB, used 18 times
- "JAG" spin-off - NCIS, used 15 times
- A fisherman may spin one - TALE, used 14 times
- Spin - REEL, used 12 times
- "The Dukes of Hazzard" spin-off - ENOS, used 12 times
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