The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PERK … which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Become more attentive, with “up” crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PERK … | 50 % | 8 |
| PERK | 50 % | 4 |
Why may PERK be the right solution?
"Perk up" is a common phrase that means to become more attentive or alert. The word "up" in the clue suggests that the answer involves adding "up" to another word, which makes "PERK" the correct solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Become more attentive, with “up”
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smarten
- liven
- flesh
- let
- lets
- letting
- deepen
- rapt
- lighten
- quicken
- thaw
- develop
Crossword Answer definitions
PERK … noun- Perquisite.
- A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.
- A percolator, particularly of coffee.
- To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
- Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
- To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
- To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
- To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
- Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
- To peer; to look inquisitively.
- To perch.
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