Turn sharply
The crossword clue "Turn sharply" is answered by SLUE, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1996. 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
SLUE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUE answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1996. 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
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Other clues for SLUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUE, most used first.
- Swing around - used 140 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivot - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on an axis - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on a pivot - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn about - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
- Swing about - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivot around - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Twist - used 16 times, most recently in 2005
- Veer. - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
- Fishtail - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Turn - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn, as a mast - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Twist sideways - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Do a quick turnaround - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Swivel around - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn around - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Pivot around a pole - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Swivel on an axis - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Break sharply - SNAP, used 119 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Turn over - CEDE, used 65 times
- "My turn!" - IMUP, used 62 times
- Turn sharply - VEER, used 49 times
- "It's my turn" - IMUP, used 48 times
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