Pleasant surprise
The crossword clue "Pleasant surprise" is answered by TREAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TREAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREAT answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.
- RARETREAT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TREAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREAT, most used first.
- Pick up the tab - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Halloween option - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- "Trick or __!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay for everyone - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Grab the tab - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Negotiate. - used 23 times, most recently in 1991
- Halloween choice - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Unexpected pleasure - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Deal with - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Dog's reward - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Dutch ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2009
- Pick up the check - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Trick alternative - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Doctor - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Pay for - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Foot the bill - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Actor Williams - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Good dog's reward - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Goody - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Halloween handout - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Trick's alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Entertain - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
- Handle - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Minister to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pet's reward - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a holiday phrase - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Pay for dinner - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Special pleasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Take the tab - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Wine and dine - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Buy a meal for - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Buy a round - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Goodie - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Pick up the bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pick up the tab for - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Something special - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Special tidbit - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- More pleasant - NICER, used 145 times
- Pleasant smell - AROMA, used 83 times
- Pleasant scent - AROMA, used 59 times
- By surprise - ABACK, used 40 times
- Surprise win - UPSET, used 33 times
- Surprise victory - UPSET, used 32 times
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