Giving the once-over
The crossword clue "Giving the once-over" is answered by EYING, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EYING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EYING answer page.
Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 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.
- EYEING (3 uses in xd)
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