Apply, as pressure
The crossword clue "Apply, as pressure" is answered by EXERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 75 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EXERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXERT answer page.
Used 75 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXERT, most used first.
- Bring to bear - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Put forth - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
- Put forth, as effort - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield, as influence - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Put forth effort - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Put into action - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Apply - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Put to use - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Wield, as power - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Apply to - USEON, used 38 times
- Grace under pressure - POISE, used 28 times
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