Short shorts
The crossword clue "Short shorts" is answered by HOTPANTS, a 8-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOTPANTS
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOTPANTS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
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- Short-lived things - EPHEMERA, used 8 times
- Short negligee - CAMISOLE, used 8 times
- Short story - ANECDOTE, used 8 times
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