Its point is to make holes
The crossword clue "Its point is to make holes" is answered by AWL, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AWL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AWL
Every other clue in this collection answered by AWL, most used first.
- Piercing tool - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Cobbler's tool - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole-punching tool - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole-making tool - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole maker - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Leatherworker's tool - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole puncher - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointed tool - used 37 times, most recently in 2022
- Punching tool - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Shoemaker's tool - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Puncturing tool - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Saddler's tool - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Leatherworking tool - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Belt maker's tool - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Leather-piercing tool - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Leather piercer - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Leather punch - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharp tool - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Tool. - used 14 times, most recently in 1997
- Sharp punch - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Boring tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Leather worker's tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Leatherwork tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bookbinder's tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Carpentry tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Hole punch - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Leather-punching tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Leather sticker - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Leather tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Poking tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Punch - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Shoemaker's holemaker - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Belt-making tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Beltmaker's tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Cobbler's punch - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Pointy tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Punch in the shop - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Cobbling tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Hole starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Saddlery tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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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.
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- Make a mistake - ERR, used 385 times
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- Compass point. - ENE, used 222 times
- Compass point. - SSE, used 160 times
- Pen point - NIB, used 146 times
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