Brush aside
The crossword clue "Brush aside" is answered by SPURN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. 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
SPURN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPURN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DISCOUNT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPURN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPURN, most used first.
- Reject - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Reject with disdain - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Rebuff - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Brush off - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Reject rudely - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Give the cold shoulder to - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Reject disdainfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Reject with contempt - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Turn away - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Cold-shoulder - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Give the cold shoulder - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Turn down - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Turn aside - AVERT, used 86 times
- Set aside - ALLOT, used 19 times
- Turn aside - SHUNT, used 14 times
- Brush brand - ORALB, used 12 times
- Move aside - SHUNT, used 10 times
- Aside (from) - APART, used 9 times
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