Answer: HONED
HONED is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 37 times.
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, as a skill
 - Perfected through practice
 - Gave a knife new life
 - Refined
 - Worked to perfect
 - Sharp now
 - Fine-tuned
 - Made a good point?
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 28, 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
 - LA Times - September 03, 2023
 - LA Times - August 20, 2023
 - New York Times - June 23, 2023
 - New York Times - April 08, 2022
 - LA Times - January 09, 2022
 - Universal - June 07, 2021
 - LA Times - March 19, 2021
 - LA Times - October 25, 2020
 - Universal - March 19, 2020
 - LA Times - March 01, 2020
 - Netword - August 29, 2019
 - LA Times - February 02, 2019
 
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