Shoe fasteners
The crossword clue "Shoe fasteners" is answered by LACES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LACES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LACES answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LACES
Every other clue in this collection answered by LACES, most used first.
- Shoestrings - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Oxford features - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Oxford parts - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sneakers' strings - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Spikes - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Velcro alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Loafers' lack - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Oxford ties - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Shoe ties - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Corset tighteners - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ties - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Intertwines - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Sneaker features - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sneaker strings - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Wooden shoe - SABOT, used 120 times
- Shoe bottoms - SOLES, used 69 times
- Shoe parts - SOLES, used 69 times
- Shoe material - SUEDE, used 44 times
- Shoe part - UPPER, used 22 times
- Bulletin board fasteners - TACKS, used 17 times
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