"To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful . 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LILY.

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Crossword Answer For "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LILY "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful (4)
4% OVERDO Gild the lily, with "it" (6) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
3% YOUREUPEARLY *"Look who's awake already!" (12) USA Today Nov 4, 2025
3% ULTA Beauty retailer (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 3, 2025
3% LOL [ha ha!] (3) New York Times Nov 2, 2025
3% NOTANISSUE Already addressed (10) Newsday Nov 1, 2025
3% PADS Lengthens with long and unnecessary filler words (4) Universal Nov 1, 2025
3% KNEW Already heard, say (4) New York Times Oct 30, 2025
3% AUDRA McDonald of "The Gilded Age" (5) LA Times Daily Oct 29, 2025
3% BEAST Beauty and the __ (5) Newsday Oct 29, 2025
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