Brad or spad

The answer

NAIL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAIL answer page.

Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1989; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NAIL

Every other clue in this collection answered by NAIL, most used first.

• Hammer's target - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Hammer target - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Execute perfectly - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Do perfectly - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Get exactly right - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch red-handed - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
• Finger feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform perfectly - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Tack - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Tooth's partner - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
• Metal fastener - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Catch - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• Get just right - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Brad - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Fastener - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
• Manicurist's target - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Fasten - used 14 times, most recently in 1997
• Filed item - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Polish place - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Brad, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• It gets hammered - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Spike. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Ace - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Finger part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Hammerer's target - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Place for polish - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Ammunition for a carpenter's gun - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Carpentry fastener - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Catch but good - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Catch in the act - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Collar - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Emery board target - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Finger or toe part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit dead-center - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Kind of file - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Manicure target - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Manicurist's concern - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Polish site - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Secure. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Tenpenny, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Accomplish flawlessly - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Apprehend - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Carpenter's fastener - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Detect and expose - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Nab - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Polish target - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Press-on item - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Something to file - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Tenpenny, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Tooth partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Actor Brad - PITT, used 26 times
• Brad of Hollywood - PITT, used 13 times
• 2004 Brad Pitt film - TROY, used 11 times
• "Troy" actor Brad - PITT, used 10 times
• Brad of "Troy" - PITT, used 8 times
• Brad of "Moneyball" - PITT, used 7 times

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