Abrade before painting Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Abrade before painting . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is RUBDOWN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RUBDOWN Abrade before painting (7)
4% SCRAPE Abrade (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 19, 2025
3% ART Painting (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 9, 2025
3% ERE Before, before (3) LA Times Daily Oct 22, 2025
2% PRE Before (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 9, 2025
2% NAIL Finger part that's painted (4)
2% COAT Layer of paint (4) Newsday Nov 5, 2025
2% STORM "The calm before the ___" (5)
2% EVE Night before (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 4, 2025
2% ENAMEL Type of paint (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 30, 2025
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