Sharpen
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Sharpen" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 10 crossword solutions for Sharpen.

We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We deem Sharpen to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 10 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 22 Oct 2021
  • The Daily Mail Smallest Hardest - Tuesday, 10 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 24 Jun 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 28 May 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 15 Feb 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
  • USA Today - Thursday, 3 Dec 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 15 Oct 2020
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 27 Sep 2020
  • USA Today - Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 10 Aug 2020

Crossword Answers

4 letters

HONE
A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

WHET
Make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

EDGE
A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

5 letters

STROP
A leather strap used to sharpen razors

FOCUS
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"

POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

TAPER
Stick of wax with a wick in the middle

8 letters

HEIGHTEN
Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

FOCALISE
Concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"

FOCALIZE
Concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"