Tailor's edge

The answer

HEM

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Haw partner - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• 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 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.

• Edge - RIM, used 175 times
• "The Racer's Edge" - STP, used 88 times
• Edge - LIP, used 50 times
• Tailor's concern - FIT, used 49 times
• Outer edge - RIM, used 48 times
• Canyon edge - RIM, used 41 times

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