The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STEELED which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.
Toughened up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEELED | 50 % | 7 |
| TEMPERED | 25 % | 8 |
| INURED | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Toughened up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hardened
- strengthened
- fortified
- crush
- wine
- winery
- golding
- flatness
- legs
- tears
- vertical
- reserve
Crossword Answer definitions
STEELED verb- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- (of mirrors) To back with steel.
- To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
- To press with a flat iron.
- To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
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 STEELED
- Made strong
- Braced (for)
- Rendered insensitive
- Hardened
- Became resolute
- Filled with resolve
- Became determined
- Filled with determination
- Girded (oneself)
- Prepared for bad news, say
More clues leading to the result TEMPERED
- Hardened, as steel
- Kind of steel
- Even- ___: not easily upset
- Rendered less intense
- Like some steel
- Moderated.
- Word in famous Bach title.
- Moderated
- Toughened up
- Hardened by heat and cold