Apply lightly
The crossword clue "Apply lightly" is answered by DAB, a 3-letter entry. Used 30 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 15 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 30 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 15 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.
- DABON (4 uses in xd)
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
- Apply cream - used 41 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
- 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.
- Touch lightly - PAT, used 57 times
- Apply - USE, used 51 times
- Touch lightly - TAP, used 35 times
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