Clues for the word "HONED"
We've had 49 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 137 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on March 25, 2025.
Definition of honed
- imp. & p. p. - of Hone
Referring Clues
- Put an edge on
- Ground, in a way
- Improved
- Sharpened
- Put to the grindstone
- Whetted
- Perfected
- Gave an edge to
- Made sharper
- Improved an edge
- Perfected, as a skill
- Sharpened to a fine edge
- Refined, as skills
- Practiced
- Made more effective
- Sharpen-ed
- Gave an edge
- Improved, as skills
- Sharpened, as a knife
- Took a strop to
- Improved, as a skill
- Sharpened, as skills
- Ready for cutting
- Bettered, as skills
- Fine-tuned, as a razor
- Sharpened, as a blade
- Sharpened, as a dull blade
- Sharp
- Used a whetstone on
- Sharpened with a stone
- I say, Edward, that's sharp!
- I say, fellow, that's sharp!
- Used fine stone for the house on the end, possibly
- Polished diamonds alongside white castle?
- Sharpened points in coal-scuttle
- Hard, 1 down? To a point
- Sharpened, a la Sweeney Todd
- Sharpened by houseboy
- Sharpened, as a skill
- Perfected through practice
- Refined over time
- Used a strop on
- Refined
- Perfected over time
- Perfected, as one's skills
- Worked to perfect
- Sharp now
- Fine-tuned
- Made a good point?
Last Seen In
- Daily American - March 25, 2025
- USA Today - February 28, 2025
- LA Times - December 04, 2024
- USA Today - May 15, 2024
- LA Times - May 02, 2024
- USA Today - December 21, 2023
- USA Today - December 05, 2023
- New York Times - November 03, 2023
- Daily American - October 08, 2023
- LA Times - September 03, 2023
- LA Times - August 20, 2023
- New York Times - June 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 22, 2023
- Daily American - June 04, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 11, 2023
- Daily American - March 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 04, 2022
- New York Times - April 08, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - January 02, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 08, 2017
- Daily American - October 08, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2017
- USA Today - July 20, 2017
- USA Today - July 05, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - July 02, 2017
- Guardian Quick - June 14, 2017
- Daily American - June 04, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2017
- Universal - May 17, 2017
- And in 107 more crossword puzzles...