Tawny.

The answer

TAN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAN answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1996; first recorded in 1944. 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.

• ECRU (3 uses in xd)
• LEONINE (1 uses in xd)
• NOMATTERWHICH (1 uses in xd)
• PORT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by TAN, most used first.

• Light brown - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunbather's goal - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Brown shade - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch some rays - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandy color - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Color. - used 46 times, most recently in 1995
• Summer shade - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Joy Luck Club" author - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe hue - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Thrash - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Shoe shade - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Beachgoer's goal - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Light brown color - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Sun shade? - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade of brown - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach acquisition - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Bronze - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Get some sun - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Amy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Light brown shade - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunbathe - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth tone - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Leather color - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Salon offering - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Whup - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Neutral color - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Neutral shade - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Salon acquisition - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Soak up some rays - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Sunbathing result - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Whip - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Whip but good - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Color similar to khaki - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Suede shade - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Beach shade - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach souvenir - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Beige - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Go for the bronze? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Light color - used 12 times, most recently in 1977
• "Queer Eye" fashion expert ___ France - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunburn. - used 12 times, most recently in 1997
• "The Joy Luck Club" author Amy - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Color similar to beige - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Leather shade - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Amy - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Shoe color - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Camel's color - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Ecru - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Khaki shade - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Shade at the beach? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Almond - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bronzed - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Catch rays - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Khaki color - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Make leather - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade from the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Soak up the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunbather's shade - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Beach color - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Chestnut - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Process leather - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Basker's quest - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Beachgoer's shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Black and ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Brown - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Buff - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Camel - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Color akin to khaki - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Convert into leather - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Crayola color - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Hosiery shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Pantyhose shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Bonesetter's Daughter" novelist Amy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Hundred Secret Senses" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Vacation souvenir - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Beach bum's hue - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Beachgoer's acquisition - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Color close to beige - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Color of khakis - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Get darker - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Khaki kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Lick - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make into leather - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Shade similar to khaki - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sunbather's acquisition - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sunbather's desire - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Yellowish brown - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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