Firmly fixed
The crossword clue "Firmly fixed" is answered by FAST, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FAST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAST answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by FAST, most used first.
- Speedy - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Observe Ramadan - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Rapid - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Swift - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Lickety-split - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Fleet - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Like lightning - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Eat nothing - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- On the double - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Secure - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Observe Yom Kippur - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Quickly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Expeditious - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Like a shot - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Securely - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Ahead of time. - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
- Go without food - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Express - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like some inaccurate watches - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Observe Ramadan, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Ramadan ritual - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- State firmly - AVER, used 113 times
- State firmly - AVOW, used 27 times
- Fixed charge - RATE, used 26 times
- Hold firmly - GRIP, used 25 times
- Fixed course - ROTE, used 19 times
- Fixed look - GAZE, used 16 times
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