Put the pedal to the metal
The crossword clue "Put the pedal to the metal" is answered by SPED, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SPED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPED answer page.
Used 36 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 17 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.
- FLOORIT (20 uses in xd)
- GUNIT (13 uses in xd)
- GOFAST (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPED, most used first.
- Raced - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Drove too fast - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Went fast - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Hurried - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Tore - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Floored it - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Risked a ticket - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Zoomed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Ignored the limit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Hightailed it - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Went too fast - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Zipped - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Exceeded the limit - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Made haste - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Rushed - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Drove fast - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Hastened - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
- Made tracks - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Went quickly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Flew - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Went over the limit - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Hied - used 23 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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