Burning the midnight oil
The crossword clue "Burning the midnight oil" is answered by UPLATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
UPLATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPLATE answer page.
Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 14 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.
- STAYINGUP (1 uses in xd)
- STILLUP (1 uses in xd)
- WORKINGLATE (1 uses in xd)
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