Adhesive
The crossword clue "Adhesive" is answered by GLUE, a 4-letter entry. Used 71 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GLUE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLUE answer page.
Used 71 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. 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.
- DENTURE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GLUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLUE, most used first.
- Sticky stuff - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Stickum - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Equipment - GEAR, used 306 times
- Mardi ___ - GRAS, used 238 times
- Secluded valley - GLEN, used 237 times
- Pleased - GLAD, used 223 times
- Snatch - GRAB, used 171 times
- Mongolian desert - GOBI, used 170 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.