Nail-___ (tense situation)
The crossword clue "Nail-___ (tense situation)" is answered by BITER, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BITER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BITER answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BITER
Every other clue in this collection answered by BITER, most used first.
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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.
- Nail file material - EMERY, used 51 times
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- Chaotic situation - SNAFU, used 19 times
- __ board; nail file - EMERY, used 17 times
- Kind of situation - NOWIN, used 14 times
- Nail the test - ACEIT, used 14 times
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