Apply cream
The crossword clue "Apply cream" is answered by DAB, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DAB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAB answer page.
Used 41 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DAB
Every other clue in this collection answered by DAB, most used first.
- Smidgen - used 83 times, most recently in 2025
- Small amount - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
- Apply gently - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of ointment - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Wee dollop - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Little bit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Pat gently - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Smidge - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Apply lightly - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Dollop - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Pat - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
- Slight touch - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Brylcreem amount - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Big name in ice cream - EDY, used 53 times
- Apply - USE, used 51 times
- Ice cream maker Joseph - EDY, used 30 times
- Dreyer's partner in ice cream - EDY, used 29 times
- Joseph of ice cream fame - EDY, used 25 times
- Boston cream __ - PIE, used 23 times
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