Tie up
The crossword clue "Tie up" is answered by BIND, a 4-letter entry. Used 45 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BIND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BIND answer page.
Used 45 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BIND
Every other clue in this collection answered by BIND, most used first.
- Predicament - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Tough spot - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Tie tightly - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Tie - DRAW, used 43 times
- String tie - BOLO, used 41 times
- Western tie - BOLO, used 23 times
- Black-tie affair - GALA, used 21 times
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