Stick shift selection

The answer

GEAR

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 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.

• REVERSEGEAR (1 uses in xd)
• THIRDGEAR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GEAR

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

• Equipment - used 306 times, most recently in 2026
• Paraphernalia - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Apparatus - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Bike part - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Reverse, e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Stuff - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Tackle - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Toothed wheel - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Cogwheel - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Transmission component - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Transmission part - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Drive or reverse - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Transmission selection - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Machine part - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Trappings. - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Camping stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• First, second or reverse - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Harness. - used 8 times, most recently in 1965
• Machine part with teeth - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Stickshift selection - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Things - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Camping equipment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Clockwork part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Shifter's selection - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Wheel with teeth - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Belongings - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Clockwork component - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Kind of shift - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Reverse, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Watch part - used 6 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.

• Stick around - STAY, used 171 times
• Walking stick - CANE, used 162 times
• Use a swizzle stick - STIR, used 114 times
• Stick in one's ___ - CRAW, used 45 times
• ___ stick - POGO, used 42 times
• Stick in the fridge - OLEO, used 35 times

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