Device used to make a pencil's tip sharper (7) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHARPER Device used to make a pencil's tip sharper (7) (7)
76% HEIGHTEN Make sharper (of senses) (8) (8) Mirror Classic Oct 9, 2025
67% STUB Well-used pencil, say (4) New York Times Oct 29, 2025
67% ERASE Use a pencil tip (5)
64% REWARDING Retracting pencil with one new tip of graphite - pleasing (9) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 23, 2025
61% ERASER Pencil end (6) LA Times Daily Oct 21, 2025
61% AVAIL Make use (of) (5) LA Times Daily Sep 25, 2025
61% ACUTIUS Sharper, or more sharply (7) The Times O Tempora Aug 16, 2025
58% CEMENT Powder used to make concrete (6) USA Today Nov 7, 2025
58% NIB Pen tip (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 6, 2025
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