Put through the paces
The crossword clue "Put through the paces" is answered by TEST, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TEST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEST answer page.
Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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.
- TESTOUT (2 uses in xd)
- TRAIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEST, most used first.
- Try out - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
- Exam - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry run - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Examination - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Midterm or final - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Trial run - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Experiment - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Final, for one - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Assay - used 51 times, most recently in 2008
- Trial - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Try - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Midterm, for one - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Criterion - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
- Quiz - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Lab procedure - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Tryout - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- Trial balloon - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Class struggle? - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Final, e.g. - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Midterm, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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- 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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