Made tough
The crossword clue "Made tough" is answered by STEELED, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STEELED
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEELED answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STEELED
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEELED, most used first.
- Hardened - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
- Braced (oneself) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Made resolute - 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.
- Made possible - ENABLED, used 37 times
- Made sense - ADDEDUP, used 22 times
- Made of clay - EARTHEN, used 21 times
- Made certain - ENSURED, used 18 times
- Made into law - ENACTED, used 17 times
- Made bubbly - AERATED, used 10 times
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