About-face
The crossword clue "About-face" is answered by UTURN, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
UTURN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UTURN answer page.
Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 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.
- REVERSAL (4 uses in xd)
- REVERSE (2 uses in xd)
- DOAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for UTURN
Every other clue in this collection answered by UTURN, most used first.
- One-eighty - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Complete reversal - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Road reversal - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- Scatter about - STREW, used 92 times
- Moving about - ASTIR, used 89 times
- About - CIRCA, used 73 times
- Face-to-face exams - ORALS, used 65 times
- Pie-in-the-face sound - SPLAT, used 51 times
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