Be conspicuous.
The crossword clue "Be conspicuous." is answered by STARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STARE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STARE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 2 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.
- STANDOUT (3 uses in xd)
- TURNHEADS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STARE, most used first.
- Long look - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Gawk - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Rubberneck - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
- Gaze - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Look without blinking - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Intent look - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Fixed look - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Gape - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Fixed gaze - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Goggle - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Impolite look - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Blank look - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Gaze intently - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Unblinking look - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Rude look - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be blank - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Gaze fixedly - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
- Look intently - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Look too long - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Ogle - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
- Look fixedly - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Fixed expression - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Look. - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Be a gawker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Glassy look - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Gawk (at) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be vacant - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Look hard - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Unwavering look - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Fix one's eyes - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Apt rhyme for "glare" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Disconcerting look - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Don't blink - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Glower - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- It may be icy - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Long, hard look - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Look impolitely - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Unsettling look - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Conspicuous success - ECLAT, used 33 times
- Conspicuous - OVERT, used 29 times
- Unpleasantly conspicuous. - STARY, used 8 times
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