Brown shades
The crossword clue "Brown shades" is answered by TANS, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TANS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TANS answer page.
Used 29 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 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.
- ECRUS (5 uses in xd)
- BEIGES (2 uses in xd)
- SEPIAS (1 uses in xd)
- UMBERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TANS, most used first.
- Catches some rays - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Sunbathes - used 41 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.
- Brown seaweed - KELP, used 41 times
- Brown quickly - SEAR, used 37 times
- Charlie Brown expletive - RATS, used 32 times
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