Gets some color at the beach

The answer

TANS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TANS answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Brown shades - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Gets some sun - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth tones - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Browns - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Light browns - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Thrashes - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
• Neutral shades - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Salon offerings - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Summer shades - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Works leather - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Colors. - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Makes leather - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Sun shades. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach shades - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets some color - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach acquisitions - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Soaks up the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Summer acquisitions - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Whips - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Basks in the sun - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Whups - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Darkens in the sun - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Light shades - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Prepares leather - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sits in the sun - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sunbathers' goals - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Treats hides - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Converts into leather - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Soaks up rays - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Soaks up some sun - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Turns bronze - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Turns into leather - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

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• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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