Make suit, as a suit

The answer

ALTER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALTER answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALTER

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALTER, most used first.

• Change - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
• Modify - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
• Make changes to - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in or let out - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Tweak - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ ego - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Adjust - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some tailoring - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Transform - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Make fit - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
• Do a tailor's job - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Fiddle with - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Vary. - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Kind of ego - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
• Take up or let out - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a change to - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Make different - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Let out, say - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Tailor - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Amend - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Change, as a hemline - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Doctor - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Let out, perhaps - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Take up a hem, perhaps - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Change to fit - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Let out or take in - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Revise - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Take in, perhaps - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Make modifications to - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Do a tailoring job - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Refashion - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Take in or out - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Take out or in - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Change pants? - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Make tweaks to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Rehem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• Make fun of - TEASE, used 161 times
• Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times

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