Electrical safeguard

The answer

FUSE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FUSE answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• INTENTIONALGROUNDING (3 uses in xd)
• GROUNDWIRE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for FUSE

Every other clue in this collection answered by FUSE, most used first.

• Melt together - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Blend - used 13 times, most recently in 2004
• Firecracker part - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Circuit protector - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Join together - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Combine - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Firecracker cord - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Circuit component - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Electrical safety device - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Firecracker feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Electrical unit - VOLT, used 63 times
• Electrical units - OHMS, used 52 times
• Electrical letters - ACDC, used 32 times
• Units of electrical resistance - OHMS, used 31 times
• Electrical units - RELS, used 27 times
• Electrical unit - WATT, used 26 times

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