Use scissors
The crossword clue "Use scissors" is answered by CUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CUT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CUT answer page.
Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by CUT, most used first.
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- Snip - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
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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.
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- Use needle and thread - SEW, used 40 times
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