Chew the fat
The crossword clue "Chew the fat" is answered by JAW, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JAW
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JAW answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. 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
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Other clues for JAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by JAW, most used first.
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