Mends, as socks
The crossword clue "Mends, as socks" is answered by DARNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DARNS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DARNS answer page.
Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DARNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DARNS, most used first.
- Mends - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Fixes socks - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Fixes, as holey socks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Mends with stitches - used 7 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.
- Knock the socks off - AMAZE, used 22 times
- Knock the socks off of - AMAZE, used 11 times
- Mends - HEALS, used 11 times
- Knocked the socks off - WOWED, used 9 times
- Mends - FIXES, used 8 times
- "Fox in Socks" author - SEUSS, used 6 times
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