Locks up
The crossword clue "Locks up" is answered by JAILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JAILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JAILS answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for JAILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by JAILS, most used first.
- Puts behind bars - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lockups - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Lions' locks - MANES, used 12 times
- Leonine locks - MANES, used 7 times
- Some locks - YALES, used 6 times
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