Summer shade
The crossword clue "Summer shade" is answered by TAN, a 3-letter entry. Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAN answer page.
Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 13 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.
- SUNTAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAN, most used first.
- Sunbather's goal - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Sandy color - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Shoe hue - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Shoe shade - used 27 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.
- Shade tree - ELM, used 437 times
- Shade - HUE, used 310 times
- Blond shade - ASH, used 151 times
- Sign of summer - LEO, used 145 times
- Summer sign - LEO, used 132 times
- Summer mo. - AUG, used 107 times
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