Blow gently
The crossword clue "Blow gently" is answered by WAFT, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WAFT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WAFT answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WAFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by WAFT, most used first.
- Float on the breeze - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Float gently - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Float - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Float through the air - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Float, as an aroma - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Float on the wind - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Drift, as an aroma - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Float, as a scent - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Drift gently - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Move on a puff of air - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Ride the breeze - 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.
- Karate blow - CHOP, used 69 times
- Blow off steam - VENT, used 63 times
- Big blow - GALE, used 60 times
- Persuade gently - COAX, used 27 times
- Gently persuade - COAX, used 23 times
- Applies gently - DABS, used 22 times
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