Melt down
The crossword clue "Melt down" is answered by THAW, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THAW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THAW answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for THAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by THAW, most used first.
- Defrost - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Melt - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Spring event - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Start to melt - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfreeze - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Warm up - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Sign of spring - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Take out of the freezer - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn to slush - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Microwave setting - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Unbend - used 17 times, most recently in 1991
- Spring meltdown - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Spring occurrence - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Begin to melt - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Microwave option - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Soften - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Spring phenomenon - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Easing of tensions - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Easing of tension - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Become friendlier - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Spring melting period - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Winter warm spell - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Liquefy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Melting period - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Become less reserved - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Detente - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Become less hostile - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Dissolve - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Grow genial - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- January event - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Loosen up - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Spring melt - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Winter break? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- Stepped down - ALIT, used 108 times
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