Answer: PREENS
PREENS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 50 times.
Referring Clues:
- Prettifies
 - Shows pride in one's appearance
 - Primps
 - Spruces up
 - Prepares for a prom, maybe
 - Congratulates oneself
 - Fixes feathers
 - Acts like a peacock
 - Makes oneself appear smart
 - Prettifies oneself, as in a mirror
 - Gets ready for a date, perhaps
 - Sleeks with a beak
 - Makes oneself smart
 - Hogs the mirror
 - Smooths ruffled feathers
 - Grooms plumes
 - Prepares for a portrait, perhaps
 - Dresses up
 - Gussies up
 - Dresses up fussily
 - Fusses in front of a mirror
 - Dolls up
 - Lingers at the mirror, say
 - Grooms
 - Grooms, as feathers
 - Runs a bill through
 - Spends time at the mirror
 - Uses a mirror
 - Overuses the mirror
 - Fusses by a mirror
 - Is fussy about one's looks
 - Fusses over one's appearance
 - Fusses in front of a mirror, say
 - Smooths one's feathers
 - Lingers at the mirror, e.g.
 - Fixes, as feathers
 - Grooms, as plumes
 - Does a peacock impression
 - Beautifies
 - Acts foppish
 - Prepares for a date
 - Hogs the mirror, say
 - Works on one's plumage
 - Beautifies oneself
 - Grooms, bird-style
 - Works on one's image, in a way
 - Gets presentable
 - Gets ready for a date, maybe
 - Self-grooms
 - Does some self-grooming, as a bird
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - March 16, 2025
 - LA Times - October 09, 2024
 - LA Times - March 01, 2022
 - New York Times - September 15, 2021
 - New York Times - September 15, 2021
 - New York Times - September 15, 2021
 - New York Times - September 15, 2021
 - New York Times - September 15, 2021
 - New York Times - February 13, 2021
 - USA Today - November 25, 2020
 - USA Today - June 03, 2020
 - LA Times - January 25, 2019
 - LA Times - January 08, 2019
 - Netword - June 22, 2018
 - Netword - February 15, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 05, 2017
 - New York Times - July 28, 2017
 - LA Times - May 24, 2017
 - New York Times - December 11, 2016
 - LA Times - November 20, 2016
 
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