Ball of thread
The crossword clue "Ball of thread" is answered by CLEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CLEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLEW answer page.
Used 31 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CLEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by CLEW, most used first.
- Ball of yarn - used 50 times, most recently in 2015
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