The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPRUCE , but the solution may also be SPIFF which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Neaten (up) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPRUCE | 43 % | 6 |
| SPIFF | 29 % | 5 |
| TIDY | 14 % | 4 |
| PRETTIFY | 14 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Neaten (up)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cleup
- tidy up
- straighten up
- put in order
- straighten
- straighten out
- straightening
- true
- straight
- shape up
- transient
- extend
Crossword Answer definitions
SPRUCE noun- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- The wood of a spruce.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- Prussian leather; pruce.
- (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
- (usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
- To tease.
- Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SPRUCE
- Coned conifer
- Neat
- Spiff (up)
- Type of evergreen
- Pine family member
- Like Howard Hughes's Goose
- Many a Christmas tree
- Christmas purchase
- Dapper
- "Blue" evergreen
More clues leading to the result SPIFF
- Spruce (up)
- Best-dressedness
- __ up (make stylish)
- Smarten (up)
- Calvin's spaceman alter ego, in comics
- __ up (improve the look of)
- Adorn, with "up"
- __ up (neaten)
- Splendid: Slang.
- Neaten, with "up"
More clues leading to the result TIDY
- Neat
- Square away
- Not disheveled
- Well-ordered
- Shipshape
- In apple pie order
- Kempt
- Orderly
- Neat as a pin
- Unmake a mess