Conciliatory gifts
The crossword clue "Conciliatory gifts" is answered by SOPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. 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
SOPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOPS answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOPS, most used first.
- Soaks (up) - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Absorbs, with "up" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Bribes - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ up (absorbs) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Drenches - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Concessions - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Saturates - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dips in gravy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Payoffs - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Placatory offerings - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Placebos - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Conciliatory gestures - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Gravy absorbers - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- "In ___ of gifts . . ." - LIEU, used 64 times
- Charitable gifts - ALMS, used 19 times
- Gifts for kids - TOYS, used 17 times
- "Bearing gifts we traverse ___" - AFAR, used 11 times
- Father's Day gifts - TIES, used 10 times
- Gifts for the poor - ALMS, used 6 times
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