Lean and supple
The crossword clue "Lean and supple" is answered by WIRY, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. 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
WIRY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIRY answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. 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.
- WIREY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WIRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIRY, most used first.
- Lean and sinewy - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Lean and muscular - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Lean and strong - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinewy - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Slim and muscular - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Lean and tough - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Thin but strong - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Thin and strong - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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