Haw partner

The answer

HEM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEM answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 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.

• HEE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for HEM

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

• Skirt edge - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Haw's partner - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Clothes line - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and haw - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Skirt's edge - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Height of fashion? - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
• Bottom line? - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Border - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Dress edge - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Clothing line - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Garment border - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Fashion line? - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Edge - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Sewn edge - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Skirt border - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Skirt part - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Garment edge - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Stitched border - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and haw (stall for time) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Alter, in a way - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Haw's companion - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Line of fashion - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Skirt feature - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Skirt line - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Bottom of a skirt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Line of clothing - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Skirt bottom - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tailor's edge - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Tailor's line - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tucked-in part of a dress shirt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Confine, with "in" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Be indecisive - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Edge of a skirt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom edge of a skirt - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Designer's bottom line? - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Drapery edge - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Shorten - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Tailor's border - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
• "___ Haw" - HEE, used 160 times
• Bill's partner - COO, used 159 times
• Neither partner - NOR, used 151 times
• "___-haw!" - YEE, used 137 times
• Shock partner - AWE, used 110 times

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