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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Make up (for) last seen in Commuter puzzle. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ATONE.

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7 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
ATONE Make up (for) (5) Commuter Sep 19, 2026
OFFSET Make up for (6) Wall Street Journal Jan 9, 2023
EXPIATE Make up for (7)
RECOUP Make up for (6)
BALANCE Make up for. (7)
RECOVER Make up for. (7)
REDEEM Make up for. (6)

33 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
30% CONSTITUTE Make up (10) Commuter Aug 27, 2025
30% ROUGE Make-up (5) The Telegraph Quick Mar 16, 2025
30% WARPAINT Make-up (8) The Telegraph Quick Mar 18, 2024
30% ATONING Making up (for) (7) LA Times Daily Aug 21, 2023
30% COINS Makes up (5) New York Times Oct 10, 2020
30% IMAGINES Makes up (8)
30% INVENT Make up (6) The Times Concise Apr 12, 2019
30% FABRICATE Make up (9) Newsday Feb 8, 2019
30% LIPSTICK Make-up (8) The Telegraph Quick May 19, 2018
30% EXPIATES Makes up for (8) Universal Apr 30, 2018

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To "make up (for)" something means to ATONE for it. In this context, ATONE refers to making amends or seeking forgiveness for a wrongdoing or mistake. It's a word often used in moral or religious contexts.