Hard and cold
The crossword clue "Hard and cold" is answered by STEELY, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STEELY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEELY answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STEELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEELY, most used first.
- Hard - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- Unwavering - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Dan - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Unyielding - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Resolute - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Coldly determined - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- Up and about - ARISEN, used 53 times
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Spain and Portugal - IBERIA, used 51 times
- Wine and dine - REGALE, used 47 times
- Hard to find - SCARCE, used 44 times
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