Makes tough
The crossword clue "Makes tough" is answered by STEELS, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STEELS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEELS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STEELS
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEELS, most used first.
- Braces (oneself) - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardens - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Fills with resolution - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Toughens - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Braces - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes resolute - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Strengthens - 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.
- Makes amends - ATONES, used 118 times
- Makes up (for) - ATONES, used 63 times
- Makes sense - ADDSUP, used 47 times
- Makes into law - ENACTS, used 45 times
- Makes fun of - TEASES, used 43 times
- Makes blank - ERASES, used 31 times
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